fnord
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
A neologism from the Principia Discordia popularized in the Illuminatus! trilogy.
Noun [edit]
fnord (plural fnords)
- A metasyntactic variable, similar to foo and bar.
Interjection [edit]
fnord
- (Discordianism) A word (which may or may not be "fnord" itself) commonly held to be invisible to the conscious mind, but subliminally causing a sense of unease or sudden anger when encountered. So used in the Illuminatus! trilogy.
- (Discordianism) A word defined as having no definition.
