LAUREL! Dilly stole my apple!!!!

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3 entries found for fnord.


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fnord

1. <convention> A word used in electronic mail and news messages to tag utterances as surrealist mind-play or humour, especially 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. <programming> A metasyntactic variable, commonly used by hackers with ties to Discordianism or the Church of the SubGenius.

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

[Jargon File]

(1995-02-28)
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2001 Denis Howe


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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.
Source: Jargon File 4.2.0



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Dillinger Very good!

Why do I get the feeling it's one of those "pat on the head for the special child" type of thing?
 
Holy shit. And here I thought he'd made that word up. lol I feel like SUCH an idiot.
 
LOL I was being sacastic. I wanted to say fececeous, but we all know I can't spell that.
 
Dillinger I did make the word up. Then the dictionary stole it.

Man! Everyone's stealin' stuff.
 
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