noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The imaginary elementary particle of bogosity; the anti-particle to the cluon. slang

   "Chain book sellers are, by and large, bogon and bozon emitters like nothing you've ever seen."

2. 2
   An invalid Internet Protocol packet, particularly one sent from an address that is not in use. slang

Example

More examples

"Chain book sellers are, by and large, bogon and bozon emitters like nothing you've ever seen."

Etymology

From bogus (“fake, phony”) + -on (“suffix used to form names of elementary particles or fundamental units”).

Related phrases

bogon filterelementary particleinternet protocol

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