fnord

fnord n.  [from the "Illuminatus Trilogy"] 1. A word
   used in email and news postings to tag utterances as surrealist
   mind-play or humor, esp. in connection with {Discordianism} and
   elaborate conspiracy theories.  "I heard that David Koresh is
   sharing an apartment in Argentina with Hitler. (Fnord.)" "Where
   can I fnord get the Principia Discordia from?"  2. A
   {metasyntactic variable}, commonly used by hackers with ties to
   {Discordianism} or the {Church of the SubGenius}.



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