church of the subgenius

2 definitions found

church of the subgenius - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Church of the SubGenius
  
     <body, humour> A mutant offshoot of Discordianism launched
     in 1981 as a spoof of fundamentalist Christianity by the
     "Reverend" Ivan Stang, a brilliant satirist with a gift for
     promotion.  Popular among hackers as a rich source of bizarre
     imagery and references such as "Bob" the divine
     drilling-equipment salesman, the Benevolent Space Xists, and
     the Stark Fist of Removal.  Much SubGenius theory is concerned
     with the acquisition of the mystical substance or quality of
     slack.
  
     (http://sunsite.unc.edu/subgenius/slack.html).
  
     (1996-01-02)
  

church of the subgenius - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  Church of the SubGenius
   n.
  
     A mutant offshoot of Discordianism launched in 1981 as a spoof of
     fundamentalist Christianity by the `Reverend' Ivan Stang, a brilliant
     satirist with a gift for promotion. Popular among hackers as a rich
     source of bizarre imagery and references such as "Bob" the divine
     drilling-equipment salesman, the Benevolent Space Xists, and the
  Stark
     Fist of Removal. Much SubGenius theory is concerned with the
     acquisition of the mystical substance or quality of slack. There is
     a home page at http://www.subgenius.com/.