2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
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MEGO
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/megoh/ , /meegoh/ [ My Eyes Glaze Over , often Mine Eyes Glazeth (sic) Over
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, attributed to the futurologist Herman Kahn] Also MEGO factor. 1. n. A
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handwave intended to confuse the listener and hopefully induce agreement
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because the listener does not want to admit to not understanding what is
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going on. MEGO is usually directed at senior management by engineers and
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contains a high proportion of TLA s. 2. excl. An appropriate response to
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MEGO tactics. 3. Among non-hackers, often refers not to behavior that causes
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the eyes to glaze, but to the eye-glazing reaction itself, which may be
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triggered by the mere threat of excessive technical detail as effectively as
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by an actual excess of it.
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