Meanings
flying spaghetti monster1
plural flying spaghetti monsters
- A bathypelagic species of siphonophore (Bathyphysa conifera), found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and off the coast of Southwestern Africa and California.
Flying Spaghetti Monster2
- humorousA deity consisting of spaghetti and meatballs, the creator of the universe according to the religion of Pastafarianism.
I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster.
2005 January 28, Bobby Henderson, “Open Letter To Kansas School Board”, in spaghettimonster.org, archived from the original on 11 Mar 20235 more examples
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 2011And 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 76A 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 76Call 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 73All 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 51Synonyms: FSM
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA deity consisting of spaghetti and meatballs, the creator of the universe according to the religion of Pastafarianism.
Origin
Named after the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a satirical deity made of spaghetti, by the oil workers who first saw this animal in 2015.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Vlieënde Spaghettimonster
- Vlieënde Spaghettimonsterspaghetti deity
Arabic وحش السباجيتي الطائر
- وحش السباجيتي الطائرspaghetti deity
Bulgarian Летящо спагетено чудовище
- Летящо спагетено чудовище (Letjašto spageteno čudovište)spaghetti deity
Catalan Monstre Volador d'Espagueti
- Monstre Volador d'Espaguetispaghetti deity
Chinese Mandarin 飛行麵條怪物 /飞行面条怪物, 飛麵大神 /飞面大神
- 飛行麵條怪物 /飞行面条怪物 (Fēixíng miàntiáo guàiwù)spaghetti deity
- 飛麵大神 /飞面大神 (Fēimiàn Dàshén)spaghetti deity
Czech Létající špagetové monstrum
- Létající špagetové monstrumspaghetti deity
Danish flyvende spaghettimonster
- flyvende spaghettimonsterspaghetti deity
Dutch Vliegend Spaghettimonster
- Vliegend Spaghettimonsterspaghetti deity
Esperanto Fluganta Spageta Monstro, Fluganta Spagetmonstro
- Fluganta Spageta Monstrospaghetti deity
- Fluganta Spagetmonstrospaghetti deity
Finnish lentävä spagettihirviö
- lentävä spagettihirviöspaghetti deity
French Monstre en Spaghettis volant
- Monstre en Spaghettis volantspaghetti deity
German Fliegendes Spaghettimonster
- Fliegendes Spaghettimonsterspaghetti deity
Greek Ιπτάμενο Μακαρονοτέρας
- Ιπτάμενο Μακαρονοτέρας (Iptámeno Makaronotéras)spaghetti deity
Icelandic fljúgandi spagettískrímslið
- fljúgandi spagettískrímsliðspaghetti deity
Italian Mostro di spaghetti volante
- Mostro di spaghetti volantespaghetti deity
Korean 날아다니는 스파게티 괴물, 비행 스파게티 괴물
- 날아다니는 스파게티 괴물 (naradanineun seupageti goemul)spaghetti deity
- 비행 스파게티 괴물 (bihaeng seupageti goemul)spaghetti deity
Latin Macaronoteras Volatile, Monstrum Spacellinum Volatile
- Macaronoteras Volatilespaghetti deity
- Monstrum Spacellinum Volatilespaghetti deity
Norwegian Flygende spaghettimonster
- Flygende spaghettimonsterspaghetti deity
Polish Latający Potwór Spaghetti
- Latający Potwór Spaghettispaghetti deity
Portuguese Monstro do Espaguete Voador
- Monstro do Espaguete Voadorspaghetti deity
Romanian Monstrul Zburător de Spaghete
- Monstrul Zburător de Spaghetespaghetti deity
Russian Лета́ющий Макаро́нный Монстр
- Лета́ющий Макаро́нный Монстр (Letájuščij Makarónnyj Monstr)spaghetti deity
Spanish Monstruo de Espagueti Volador
- Monstruo de Espagueti Voladorspaghetti deity
Swedish flygande spaghettimonstret
- flygande spaghettimonstretspaghetti deity
Tamil பறக்கும் இடியாப்ப அரக்கன்
- பறக்கும் இடியாப்ப அரக்கன் (paṟakkum iṭiyāppa arakkaṉ)spaghetti deity
Turkish Uçan Spagetti Canavarı
- Uçan Spagetti Canavarıspaghetti deity
Ukrainian Літаючий Локши́нний Монстр
- Літаючий Локши́нний Монстр (Litajučyj Lokšýnnyj Monstr)spaghetti deity
Cite this entry
flying spaghetti monster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flying%20spaghetti%20monster
“flying spaghetti monster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flying%20spaghetti%20monster. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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