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No, at least not in most.

From Bing

Fnord is a word used in newsgroup and hacker culture to indicate that someone is being ironic, humorous or surreal. Often placed at the end of a statement in brackets (fnord) to make the ironic purpose clear, it is a label that may be applied to any random or surreal sentence, coercive subtext, or anything jarringly out of context (intentionally or not).

I did not know that definition. I was taught the theory/metaphor that “fnord” was something programmed into us early in school. You wouldn’t remember it and when you saw the word again it wouldn’t consciously register. You would experience anxiety though. Newspapers and TV would include the word thereby keeping the populace stressed.

Merium-Webster said “fnord” was not in the dictionary.

Everybody knows the fnord is where Nessie dwells. I did a presentation on that very subject in Grad School at M.I.T. when I was achieving my doctorate Round Earth studies. I have a video of my presentation if you're interested.

Our underwater ally.

Bagster

The Lesser Oracle

One of a plethora of online definitions of "fnord":

From:https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/fnord

"Certain words are intended to be undefinable and "fnord" is one of them. First used in Robert Anton Wilson'[s] trilogy, The Illuminati Papers..."
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"In Wilson's trilogy, (based on reports from users), truth is revealed to those who know where to look. The enlightened can see fnord in the empty spaces between unjustified columns of text in newspapers and magazines. Called sticky spots, these spaces are not really blank, but contain fnord, visible only to those privy to heavily guarded secrets and occult powers."

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Basically, "fnord" are words that exist where there is nothing...

TXnMA

"Fnord" (/fnɔːrd/) is a word coined in 1965 by Kerry Thornley and Greg Hill in the Principia Discordia. It entered the popular culture after appearing in The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975) of satirical and parody conspiracy fiction novels by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. In these novels, the interjection "fnord" is given hypnotic power over the unenlightened, and children in grade school are taught to be unable to consciously see the word "fnord". For the rest of their lives, every appearance of the word subconsciously generates a feeling of unease and confusion, and prevents rational consideration of the text in which it appears.

The word is often used in newsgroup and hacker culture to indicate that someone is being ironic, humorous, or surreal.[1] Often placed at the end of a statement in brackets (fnord) to make the ironic purpose clear, it is a label that may be applied to any random or surreal sentence, coercive subtext, or anything jarringly out of context (intentionally or not). It is sometimes used as a metasyntactic variable in programming.[2] It appears in the Church of the SubGenius recruitment film Arise! and has been used in the SubGenius newsgroup alt.slack.[citation needed]