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Flying Spaghetti Monster en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (humorous) A deity consisting of spaghetti and meatballs, the creator of the universe according to the religion of Pastafarianism.
   • Is the super-intelligent, super-popular god known as the Flying Spaghetti Monster any match for the prophets of intelligent design? 2005 August 29, Sarah Boxer, “But Is There Intelligent Spaghetti Out There?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2019, retrieved 28 Oct 2011:
   • And now, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is demanding equal teaching time for its theory that the world was created by an FSM. 2006 May 24, Jack Huberman, “#75: Kansas State Board of Education”, in 101 People Who Are Really Screwing America, Nation Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC P95.82.U6 H83 2006, page 76:
   • Call it what you want — God, Buddha, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Prime Mover Unmoved. The totality of everything. I don't care. 2008 April 29, Neil Gaiman with Michael Reeves, InterWorld, 1st edition, New York: HarperCollins, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC PZ7.G1273 Int 2007, page 73:
   • A popular deity on the Internet at present — and as undisprovable as Yahweh or any other — is the Flying Spaghetti Monster, who, many claim, has touched them with his noodly appendage. 2006 September 18, Richard Dawkins, “The God Hypothesis”, in The God Delusion, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC BL2775.3.D39 2006, page 76:
   • All rooms, no matter how tough, have someone who hates you the least. Even if you're a Flying Spaghetti Monster disciple speaking at the Vatican, someone in that room will hate you less than everyone else. 2009 October, Scott Berkun, “How to work a tough room”, in Confessions of a Public Speaker, 1st edition, Sebastapol: O'Reilly, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC PN4129.15.B47 2010, page 51:
   • I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. 2005 January 14, Bobby Henderson, “Open Letter To Kansas School Board”, in spaghettimonster.org, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023:

Forms

Deriveds

Flying Spaghetti Monsterism · flying spaghetti monster

Relateds

Last Thursdayism · Invisible Pink Unicorn · Russell's teapot

Synonyms

FSM

Translations (34)

la Macaronoteras Volatile (spaghetti deity) · af Vlieënde Spaghettimonster (spaghetti deity) · it Mostro di spaghetti volante (spaghetti deity) · ceb Nagalupad nga Spaghetti nga Mananap (spaghetti deity) · fr Monstre en Spaghettis volant (spaghetti deity) · kw Euthvil-Neyj an Spaghetti (spaghetti deity) · da flyvende spaghettimonster (spaghetti deity) · de Fliegendes Spaghettimonster (spaghetti deity) · eo Fluganta Spageta Monstro (spaghetti deity) · ko 날아다니는 스파게티 괴물 (spaghetti deity) · ta பறக்கும் இடியாப்ப அரக்கன் (spaghetti deity) · ru Лета́ющий Макаро́нный Монстр (spaghetti deity) · ro Monstrul Zburător de Spaghete (spaghetti deity) · ar وحش السباجيتي الطائر (spaghetti deity) · is fljúgandi spagettískrímslið (spaghetti deity) · bg Летящо спагетено чудовище (spaghetti deity) · la Monstrum Spacellinum Volatile (spaghetti deity) · ko 비행 스파게티 괴물 (spaghetti deity) · sv flygande spaghettimonstret (spaghetti deity) · fi lentävä spagettihirviö (spaghetti deity) · uk Літаючий Локши́нний Монстр (spaghetti deity) · tr Uçan Spagetti Canavarı (spaghetti deity) · eo Fluganta Spagetmonstro (spaghetti deity) · cs Létající špagetové monstrum (spaghetti deity) · ca Monstre Volador d'Espagueti (spaghetti deity) · cmn 飛行麵條怪物 /飞行面条怪物 (spaghetti deity) · pt Monstro do Espaguete Voador (spaghetti deity) · no Flygende spaghettimonster (spaghetti deity) · sh Leteće špagetno čudovište (spaghetti deity) · cmn 飛麵大神 /飞面大神 (spaghetti deity) · pl Latający Potwór Spaghetti (spaghetti deity) · el Ιπτάμενο Μακαρονοτέρας (spaghetti deity) · es Monstruo de Espagueti Volador (spaghetti deity) · nl Vliegend Spaghettimonster (spaghetti deity)