Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fnord

/fəˈnɔɹd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: fnord
IPA: /fəˈnɔɹd/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A metasyntactic variable, similar to foo and bar.

intj

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.

intj

A word defined as having no definition.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

fnords (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce fnord?: The recorded pronunciation is /fəˈnɔɹd/.
What does fnord mean?: A metasyntactic variable, similar to foo and bar.
Where does fnord come from?: A neologism from the Principia Discordia popularized in the Illuminatus! trilogy.

How to pronounce fnord

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