INWO Concordance
SubGenius Plots
The INWO Concordance was originally created by Colin Roald, expanded by Alan de Smet,
and is currently maintained and edited by Steve Brinich.
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13013
The digits "13" close together resemble the letter "B". 'Nuff said. [SMB]
AntiSlack
Fnord.
Attitude Mutation
Fnord.
Bulldada
Bulldada is that mysterious quality that impregnates certain 'ordinary' things  with meaning for the SubGenius no matter how valueless they may appear to The Others.  Seeing in the vivisecting light of bulldada, we recognize that the most awe-inspiring artifacts of our civilization are not the revered lame artsy-fartsy pieces of "culture" which the Arts Conspiracy displays in our swankest museums, universities and concert halls, but are instead to be found in such icons as low-budget exploitation movies, lurid comic books, all-night TV, cerain bizarre billboards and pulp-magazine ads, sleazy Paperbacks of the Gods, and literally any other fossils of raw humanity in all its shit-kickingly flawed glory. -- The Book of the SubGenius. [CS]
Comet Hail-Bob
A reference to Comet Hale-Bopp, which passed through the inner Solar System in early 1997 and provided one of the most impressive cometary displays in years. However, this comet owes its fame to a tragicomic series of events associated with human interpretations of its significance.
An astronomical photograph taken by Chuck Shramek showed what he described as a "Saturn-like object" near the comet. Mainstream astronomers dismissed the "object" as a distorted image of a bright star (a common phenomenon caused by atmospheric conditions or optical imperfections in the telescope); however, some people preferred more dramatic explanations. Soon, tales of a gigantic UFO hiding behind the comet were spreading like wildfire through the Internet and fringe-sympathetic talk radio shows.
This notion reached "Heaven's Gate", a group which lived in a large estate at Rancho Santa Fe, California under the leadership of Marshall Applewhite and his partner Bonnie Nettles. (Applewhite used the Heaven's Gate name "Bo"; Nettles was known as "Peep". Conclude what you will about their followers.)
Applewhite decided that the appearance of Hale-Bopp was a sign, as described on the final version of the Heaven's Gate Web page. Now, it was time for the group's members to "shed their containers" (i.e. die) so that their spiritual essences would be transported to the UFO.
On the evening of 26 March 1997, 39 bodies were discovered at Rancho Santa Fe by a former Heaven's Gate member and the sheriff's department. They had their bags packed with IDs in their breast pockets and money in their pants pockets, presumably to convince the UFO pilots that they were authorized passengers and to pay their transit fares, respectively. [SMB]
Decency is OK!
Fnord.
Devival
A pun on "revival", used to refer to a SubGenius ceremony/party/whatever. [SMB]
Eternal Salvation or Triple Your Money Back
The promise made in the second pamphlet released by the Church of the SubGenius.  If you find yourself in "hell" after death, "Bob" Dobbs will be there to refund three times as much as you paid to join the church. [CS]
Excremeditation
An efficient form of time management, taking care of both mental and physical functions simultaneously. [SMB]
Fake Healing
A pun on "faith healing" (the practice of treating illness through spiritual intervention). [SMB]
False OverMan
Fnord.
False Slack
Fnord.
Give Me Slack, or Give Me Food
Fnord.
Goal: The Anti“Bob”
Fnord.
Goal: Arise!
Fnord.
Goal: Brag of the SubGenius
Fnord.
Goal: Cast Out False Prophets!
Fnord.
Goal: Science Cannot Remove the Terror of the Gods!
Fnord.
Head Launching
 Launching the head of the world cup golfer Arnold Palmer. [CS]
Inherently Bogus
Fnord.
JHVH-1
The letters JHVH are the usual English representation of the Hebrew "tetragrammaton" (literally, "four letters"), the written Name of God.  Note that Hebrew writing generally omits vowels, which are supplied by the reader based on his knowledge of Hebrew words (If English were written this way, the reader would have to decide whether each "ct" means "cat", "cite", "cut", "cute", etc.  Fortunately for the sanity of Hebrew readers, that language contains far less ambiguity of this sort.)
Since the Divine Name is not to be uttered (except by the High Priest during the Day of Atonement services, drowned out by the prayers of the congregation), the actual pronunciation was not commonly known.  Instead, God was referred to by such terms as "Adonai" (Lord).  Eventually, the vowels of "Adonai" were combined with the consonants of the tetragrammaton to produce "Jehovah", which is the usual English version of the Hebrew Name of God.  In fact, the original pronunciation is believed to be "Yahveh".
In SubGenius cosmology, Jehovah One is the alien space god. [CS,SMB]
Kill “Bob”!
Fnord.
Luck Plane
Fnord.
Mediocretinism
A portmanteau of "mediocrity" (a just-muddling-through level of performance) and "cretinism" (a glandular disorder characterized by, among other things, stunted mental development -- "cretin" is colloquially used to refer to a stupid person whether or not the stupidity is caused by this condition). [SMB]
Miraculous Manifestation
Fnord.
More Slack!
Fnord.
Nental Ife
Fnord.
Official, Divine, All-Inclusive Excuse
Fnord.
...Or Kill Me!
Fnord.
OverMan
The concept of the Overman was expounded the 19th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche in works such as Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Will to Power, The Antichrist, and On The Genealogy of Morals.
Of course, the Church of the SubGenius has a somewhat different take on the concept.... [SMB]
Psychic Pstench
Fnord.
Rain of Prarie Squid
Something like a rain of frogs, but wierder.
Random Jesii
Fnord.
Rant!
Fnord.
Repent!
Fnord.
Robo “Bob”
A pun on "RoboCop" (the cyborg police officer from the movie of that name). [SMB]
Saint of Sales
Fnord.
S.C.A.M.
Fnord.
Sacred Jests
Fnord.
Schism
Fnord.
Shordurpersav
Fnord.
Slackfusion
Fnord.
Smite Them All!
Fnord.
Stark Fist of Removal
Fnord.
Sultan of Slack
A pun on "Sultan of Swat" (an honorific applied to Babe Ruth).
Tape Runs Out...
Fnord.
They May Be Pink...
Fnord.
The 13th Apostle
Fnord.
Time Control
Fnord.
The World Ends Tomorrow and You May Die!
Title of the first pamphlet released by the Church of the SubGenius.  At first glance, it seems like a comically outrageous inversion of priorities (with "The World Ends Tomorrow" as a given, the "You May Die" part would seem a minor issue) and illogical to boot (until the matter of being rescued by the Xists is explained, the end of the would would seem like a certain guarantee of one's own death). [CS,SMB]
X-Day
The "End of the World" which happens on July 5, 1998 at 7:00am (or whenever).  The alien sex goddesses will bring their motherships to pick up dues paying SubGenii. [CS]
Yacatisma
Fnord.
You’d PAY To Know What You REALLY Think!
Fnord.

CREDITS

The bulk of the entries were originally written by Alan de Smet and/or Colin Roald (Basic Set) or Steve Brinich (Assassins). Others have provided feedback, additional facts, and occasional entire entries; these entries are marked with the initials of the contributor(s). The full names corresponding to these initials are listed on the credits page.

I would like to thank everyone who provided entries and feedback.

Last Updated July 1998
 
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