bogon en · NOUN
Etymology
From bogus (“fake, phony”) + -on (“suffix used to form names of elementary particles or fundamental units”).
Meanings
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(slang) The imaginary elementary particle of bogosity; the anti-particle to the cluon.
Chain book sellers are, by and large, bogon and bozon emitters like nothing you've ever seen.
1996, John Novak, “Re: TOR is Fucking with Us All”, in rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan (Usenet):
- (slang) An invalid Internet Protocol packet, particularly one sent from an address that is not in use.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bogons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |