bogon

B3O1G2O1N1

noun

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

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Meanings

nounbogon (plural bogons)

plural bogons

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

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

    1996, John Novak, “Re: TOR is Fucking with Us All”, in rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan (Usenet)
  2. slangcomputingAn invalid Internet Protocol packet, particularly one sent from an address that is not in use.

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

bogon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bogon

MLA

“bogon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bogon. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bogon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bogon.

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