quantum bogodynamics
 /kwon'tm boh`goh?di:?nam?iks/, n.

    A theory that characterizes the universe in terms of bogon sources (such as
    politicians, used-car salesmen, TV evangelists, and suits in general),
    bogon sinks (such as taxpayers and computers), and bogosity potential
    fields. Bogon absorption, of course, causes human beings to behave
    mindlessly and machines to fail (and may also cause both to emit secondary
    bogons); however, the precise mechanics of the bogon-computron interaction
    are not yet understood and remain to be elucidated. Quantum bogodynamics is
    most often invoked to explain the sharp increase in hardware and software
    failures in the presence of suits; the latter emit bogons, which the former
    absorb. See bogon, computron, suit, psyton.

    Here is a representative QBD theory: The bogon is a boson (integral spin,
    +1 or -1), and has zero rest mass. In this respect it is very much like a
    photon. However, it has a much greater momentum, thus explaining its
    destructive effect on computer electronics and human nervous systems. The
    corollary to this is that bogons also have tremendous inertia, and
    therefore a bogon beam is deflected only with great difficulty. When the
    bogon encounters its antiparticle, the cluon, they mutually annihilate each
    other, releasing magic smoke. Furthermore 1 Lenat = 1 mole (6.022E23) of
    bogons (see microLenat).

quantum bogodynamics

   /kwon'tm boh"goh-di:-nam"iks/ A theory that characterises the
   universe in terms of bogon sources (such as politicians,
   used-car salesmen, TV evangelists, and suits in general),
   bogon sinks (such as taxpayers and computers), and bogosity
   potential fields.  Bogon absorption causes human beings to
   behave mindlessly and machines to fail (and may also cause
   both to emit secondary bogons); however, the precise mechanics
   of bogon-computron interaction are not yet understood.

   Quantum bogodynamics is most often invoked to explain the
   sharp increase in hardware and software failures in the
   presence of suits; the latter emit bogons, which the former
   absorb.

   [Jargon File]

   (1994-11-02)