The story
Blend of pasta + Rastafarianism. By surface analysis, Pastafarian + -ism. Popularized by Bobby Henderson in 2005 as a satirical protest against the teaching of intelligent design.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pastafarianism
Today it means: A parody religion centered around the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a creator deity who resembles spaghetti and meatballs. Full definition →