fnord

(convention)A word used in electronic mail and newsmessages to tag utterances as surrealist mind-play or humour,especially in connection with Discordianism and elaborateconspiracy theories. "I heard that David Koresh is sharing anapartment in Argentina with Hitler. (Fnord.)" "Where can Ifnord get the Principia Discordia from?"

fnord

(programming)A metasyntactic variable, commonly used byhackers with ties to Discordianism or the Church of the SubGenius.

The word "fnord" was invented in the "Illuminatus!" trilogy byRobert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.

Acronym

Definition

FNORD➣Foundation for Neo-cognitive and Ontological Research and Development