Schrödinger's

alternative Schrodinger's

1. humorousnot comparableIndicates something or someone whose current state is unknown, mixed or depends on some future action.

   My husband packed the hamper, so until we get to the park, this is Schrödinger's picnic.

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   To further illustrate the Byzantine propagation capability, one can envision a "Schrödinger's CRC" similar to the "Copenhagen" misinterpretation of "Schrödinger's Cat" where the CRC is simultaneously correct for any interpretation of Byzantine data.

   2003, K. Driscoll et al., “Byzantine Fault Tolerance: from Theory to Reality”, in Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security Proceedings, page 240

   While it spun, suspended in freefall, it was all things and nothing, a Schrodinger's coin of possibilities.

   2009, Stef Hall, “Bach, Beethoven, Mozart”, in The Rhinoceros and His Thoughts, page 37

   Currently, the word slut is marching its way into its own mutation, and the OED definition is perhaps no longer sufficient. The question is this: when a word is undergoing a metamorphosis, where is its power? Until the battle over its meaning is won, what does it actually mean? Does it exist in a superposition of states, both positive and pejorative? Schrödinger's slut, anyone?

   2011 July 18, Pete Langman, “Chavs, sluts and the war of words”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2022

   Until you either do not go or go to Wil Wheaton’s party, you are simultaneously my friend and not my friend. I’m characterizing this phenomenon as Schrödinger's Friendship.

   2011 October 13, “The Russian Rocket Reaction”, in The Big Bang Theory

   So let's just go have dinner and see what happens. It's not like a Schrodinger's date with a movie star would be more dangerous than chasing were-suited monsters down alleyways, fighting off feral gnomes with a tanto, or dogfighting through high-rises while desperately trying not to look down.

   2013, Michael R. Underwood, Cerebromancy