different between bogon vs bozon

English

Etymology

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

Noun

bogon (plural bogons)

1. (computing, slang) The imaginary elementary particle of bogosity; the anti-particle to the cluon.
   • 1996, "John Novak", Re: TOR is Fucking with Us All (on newsgroup rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan)

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

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

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bogon.

Derived terms

• bogon filter

See also

• bogosity
• cluon

Anagrams

• bongo, boong

Hungarian

Etymology

bog +? -on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bo?on]
• Hyphenation: bo?gon

Noun

bogon

1. superessive singular of bog

Venetian

Noun

bogon m (plural bogoni) or bogon m (plural boguni)

1. slug
2. snail

Synonyms

• caràgo?o
• scióxo

English

Etymology

Blend of bozo +? boson

Noun

bozon (plural bozons)

1. (humorous) A notional particle of stupidity.
   • 1996, "John Novak", Re: TOR is Fucking with Us All (on newsgroup rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan)

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

   • 2000, "Jeffrey Yu", [Fanfic] Flame Wars!!! (on newsgroup alt.startrek.vs.starwars)

     One bozon is the exact amount of stupidity and lack of scientific knowledge needed to confuse joules with watts.

   • 2000, "Dirt First!", Re: Thanks for all the fish, but I'm vegetarian (on newsgroup comp.lang.perl.misc)

     Riling people to the point of stupidity is a poor litmus test of their decency, no matter how red and blue their faces get. The result of these trolls seems only to show that the collision of large egos results in the ejection of energetic bozons.

   • 2001, "Kurt[MCoPS]", Re: [ot] Aiiieee! - The Four Horseman^[sic] return! (on newsgroup rec.games.miniatures.warhammer)

     There might be a superhigh concentration of bozons which will create a Stupid Hole and suck them all in.

Related terms

• bogon

Anagrams

• noobz

Japanese

Romanization

bozon

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.z?n/

Noun

bozon m inan

1. (physics) boson

Declension

Derived terms

• bozonowy

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?zo?n/
• Hyphenation: bo?zon

Noun

bòz?n m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. (physics) boson

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?zó?n/

Noun

boz??n m inan

1. (physics) boson

Inflection

Antonyms

• fermión

Further reading

• “bozon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Turkish

Noun

bozon (definite accusative bozonu, plural bozonlar)

1. (physics) boson