Or maybe some teens with enough spare time to read the Dope?
Portland Press Herald, “City attacks graffiti quickly, before ‘fnord’ sets in” :
“What’s the difference between writing ‘fnord’ on the hood of someone’s car or taking a key and scratching it into the side of their car?” Kane said, referring to one of the graffiti “tags” that appeared in recent weeks.
It may well be, though the word does have a literary connection. According to free-definition.com , “fnord” was initially used as a nonsense word in the book Principia Discordia. It was later adapted in a book about a global conspiracy in which the word had a subliminal, hypnotic effect on readers, giving them a feeling of uneasiness and confusion though they could not consciously see it.
Most people probably have no clue about the reference, but seeing it clearly does provoke unease.
It’s working. Tomorrow, Bangor, comrades!
Tripler
September 13, 2004, 10:58pm
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Oh, hey, that was me. Sorry about that!!
See, it all started Saturday night after the “Blues & Brews” festival, when I got a little toasty. Next thing I know, I’m in Maine, wearing a flannel shirt, a pair of shorts, and one sock, tagging everything in sight, including a couple of roaming dogs. I only started “fnord” after “flonq” got too difficult to explain to everyone.
Tripler