/e' ris/ The Greek goddess of Chaos, Discord, Confusion, and Things You Know Not Of her name was latinised to Discordia and she was worshiped By that name in Rome. Not a very friendly deity in the Classical original, she was reinvented as a more Benign personification of creative anarchy starting in 1959 By the adherents of Discordianism and has since Been a semi-serious suBject of veneration in several "fringe" cultures, including hackerdom. See Church of the SuBGenius. [Jargon File] (1994-12-08)