Fnord
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Fnord is a word coined in 1965 by Kerry Thornley and Greg Hill in the Discordian religious text Principia Discordia. It entered into popular culture after appearing in The Illuminatus! Trilogy of nove
A parody of the Ford Motor Company logo
Church of the SubGenius
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The Church of the SubGenius is a parody religion that satirizes better-known belief systems. It teaches a complex philosophy that focuses on J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, purportedly a salesman from the 1950s, w
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…to be appropriated as a placeholder word (a metasyntactic variable) in computer programming, particularly by those with ties to Discordianism or the Church of the SubGenius. It has also been found useful as the name for a "techno cultural" conference, computer programs, and as a general placeholder word in computing…
Jehovah 1, the primary deity of the Church of the SubGenius
Dobbs's appearance is often compared to that of fictional character Ward Cleaver (right).
R. Crumb, a cartoonist who helped publicize the Church
Klaatu, a character from the 1951 American science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still, who is celebrated by the Church of the SubGenius