[kallisti]

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.

[bagster]

Nice, kallilsti!

Bagster

The Lesser Oracle

[JockoManning]

Thanks. Interesting.