Understanding Athelind's Argot: FNORD

[athelind]

Wikipedia has a surprisingly good, succinct and precise explanation of a concept that is supposed to be deliberately inconcise and obfuscating. It begins:

Fnord is the typographic representation of disinformation or irrelevant information intending to misdirect, with the implication of a worldwide conspiracy.

And it goes on from there.

Kind of sounds like the mission statement of Fox News, doesn't it?

So what sounds better: "Fnord News" or "Fnox News"?

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Comments

[silussa.livejournal.com]

Fnord News, definitely.

And I remember the book Fnord came from, very many years ago. :)

[zeeth_kyrah]

Fox Fnord.

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

Faux News does well enough, methinks

[margaras.livejournal.com]

If I remember right, the brain doesn't consciously parse fnord, so:

FfnordOX NEWS

The subconscious feeling of unease is useful to stir unrest.

Welcome to Port Manteau.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

"Fnorx News".