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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>fnord</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="FM.html" title="FM"/><link rel="next" href="FOAF.html" title="FOAF"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">fnord</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FM.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FOAF.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="fnord"/><dt xmlns="" id="fnord"><b>fnord</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from the <i class="citetitle">Illuminatus Trilogy</i>] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. A word used in email and news postings to tag utterances as
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surrealist mind-play or humor, esp. in connection with
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<a href="../D/Discordianism.html"><i class="glossterm">Discordianism</i></a> and elaborate conspiracy theories.
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“<span class="quote">I heard that David Koresh is sharing an apartment in Argentina with
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Hitler. (Fnord.)</span>” “<span class="quote">Where can I fnord get the Principia
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Discordia from?</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 2. A <a href="../M/metasyntactic-variable.html"><i class="glossterm">metasyntactic variable</i></a>, commonly used by
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hackers with ties to <a href="../D/Discordianism.html"><i class="glossterm">Discordianism</i></a> or the
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<a href="../C/Church-of-the-SubGenius.html"><i class="glossterm">Church of the SubGenius</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FM.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FOAF.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">FM </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> FOAF</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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