fnord

   [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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