fnord

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English

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Etymology

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A neologism from the Principia Discordia popularized in the Illuminatus! trilogy.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fnɔːrd/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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fnord (plural fnords)

  1. (programming) A metasyntactic variable, similar to foo and bar.

Interjection

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fnord

  1. (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.
  2. (Discordianism) A word defined as having no definition.

Anagrams

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