MEGO

/me"goh/ or /mee'goh/ ["My Eyes Glaze Over", often "Mine EyesGlazeth (sic) Over", attributed to the futurologist HermanKahn] Also "MEGO factor". 1. A handwave intended toconfuse the listener and hopefully induce agreement becausethe listener does not want to admit to not understanding whatis going on. MEGO is usually directed at senior management byengineers and contains a high proportion of TLAs.2. excl. An appropriate response to MEGO tactics. 3. Amongnon-hackers, often refers not to behaviour that causes theeyes to glaze, but to the eye-glazing reaction itself, whichmay be triggered by the mere threat of technical detail aseffectively as by an actual excess of it.

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MEGO➣My Eyes Glaze Over (during a boring speech or briefing)

MEGO➣Mega-Ohm