Ford

n 1: 38th President of the United States; appointed Vice

President and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-

) [syn: {Ford}, {Gerald Ford}, {Gerald R. Ford}, {Gerald

Rudolph Ford}]

2: 1863-1947 [syn: {Ford}, {Henry Ford}]

3: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: {crossing}]

4: the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car

or on a horse [syn: {fording}]

v : cross a river where it's shallow

fnord

1. A word used in {electronic mail} and {news}

messages to tag utterances as surrealist mind-play or humour,

especially in connection with {Discordianism} and elaborate

conspiracy theories. "I heard that David Koresh is sharing an

apartment in Argentina with Hitler. (Fnord.)" "Where can I

fnord get the Principia Discordia from?"

2. A {metasyntactic variable}, commonly used by

hackers with ties to {Discordianism} or the {Church of the

SubGenius}.

The word "fnord" was invented in the "Illuminatus!" trilogy by

Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-02-28)