Cluon

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The imaginary elementary particle of cluefulness; the anti-particle to the bogon. slang
  2. 2
    A person who is well-informed, or says well-informed things. slang

Etymology

from clue (“idea, inkling”) + -on (“suffix used to form names of elementary particles or fundamental units”)

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