fnord

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fnɔːrd/

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Noun

fnord (plural fnords)

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

Interjection

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

• frond