In honor of Fark.com member FNORGBY, who claimed that he had walked into Taco Bell, tried to pay with a $2 bill, and got into a big mess over whether $2 bills actually existed. It's a frickin' urban legend.
Nothing cool ever happens to me, so every now and then I fnorgby the story about using cruise-control as if it was automatic-pilot, and crashing my car.
A fnord is a propaganda word conditioned in the masses from a very young age to respond to, usually with fear, anxiety, or uneasiness, but unable to be seen by the general populace. (This definition originates in the Illuminatus trilogy of books by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.) Sometimes it's used in a sentence to denote a general conspiracy (often jokingly), or sometimes it's used for no reason, especially by Discordians fnord.
A word placed randomly in sentences, purported to instill fear or uneasiness in the reader. Its use generally references a conspiracy or parody thereof.
Popularised by the Illuminatus! trilogy by Roberts Shea and Winston.
n. A Low to high-pitched, irritating screech.
v. fnorked, fnorking, fnorks
v.tr. To utter in or as if in a fnork.
v.intr. To cry out in a low to high-pitched, strident voice.
The entire zoo shook when Gerald and Phyllisity sneezed while exchanging a peanut via thier trunks producing an ear shattering fnork, which sent thirteen people to the hospital with damaged eardrums, and generated a $1700.34 veterinarians bill to extract a peanut (in the shell) from the tear duct in Gerald’s left eye.
A striped, many legged demon that usually resides in a Christmas tree and judges all who pass it by. Capable of delivering a harsh mind blow to those who do not believe in it. Your safety depends on respect for the Fnorg.