bogosity

/boh-go's*-tee/ The degree to which something is "bogus" in

the hackish sense of "bad". At CMU, bogosity is measured with

a bogometer; in a seminar, when a speaker says something

bogus, a listener might raise his hand and say "My bogometer

just triggered". More extremely, "You just pinned my

bogometer" means you just said or did something so

outrageously bogus that it is off the scale, pinning the

bogometer needle at the highest possible reading (one might

also say "You just redlined my bogometer"). The agreed-upon

unit of bogosity is the microLenat.

Also, the potential field generated by a bogon flux; see

quantum bogodynamics. See also bogon flux, bogonfilter.

(2002-04-14)