Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pastafarianism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pasta-far-i-an-ism
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A parody religion centered around the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a creator deity who resembles spaghetti and meatballs.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"One third time for Intelligent Design, one third time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism (Pastafarianism), and one third time for logical conjecture based on overwhelming observable evidence."

Etymology

Blend of pasta + Rastafarianism. By surface analysis, Pastafarian + -ism. Popularized by Bobby Henderson in 2005 as a satirical protest against the teaching of intelligent design.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

Pastafarian

Synonyms

Flying Spaghetti Monsterism

Questions

What does pastafarianism mean?: A parody religion centered around the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a creator deity who resembles spaghetti and meatballs.
Where does pastafarianism come from?: Blend of pasta + Rastafarianism. By surface analysis, Pastafarian + -ism. Popularized by Bobby Henderson in 2005 as a satirical protest against the teaching of intelligent design.

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