Define the word Discordianism"Discordianism" jargon "Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)"
Discordianism /dis-kor'di-*n-ism/ n. The veneration of Eris, a.k.a.
Discordia; widely popular among hackers. Discordianism was popularized
by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's novel "Illuminatus!" as a sort
of self-subverting Dada-Zen for Westerners -- it should on no account be
taken seriously but is far more serious than most jokes. Consider, for
example, the Fifth Commandment of the Pentabarf, from "Principia
Discordia": "A Discordian is Prohibited of Believing What he Reads."
Discordianism is usually connected with an elaborate conspiracy
theory/joke involving millennia-long warfare between the
anarcho-surrealist partisans of Eris and a malevolent, authoritarian
secret society called the Illuminati. See Religion in Appendix B,
Church of the SubGenius, and ha ha only serious.
"discordianism" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
Discordianism
/dis-kor'di-*n-ism/ The veneration of Eris,
also known as Discordia; widely popular among hackers.
Discordianism was popularised by Robert Shea and Robert Anton
Wilson's novel "Illuminatus!" as a sort of self-subverting
Dada-Zen for Westerners - it should on no account be taken
seriously but is far more serious than most jokes. Consider,
for example, the Fifth Commandment of the Pentabarf, from
"Principia Discordia": "A Discordian is Prohibited of
Believing What he Reads." Discordianism is usually connected
with an elaborate conspiracy theory/joke involving
millennia-long warfare between the anarcho-surrealist
partisans of Eris and a malevolent, authoritarian secret
society called the Illuminati.
See Religion, Church of the SubGenius, and ha ha only serious.
[Jargon File]
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