meshuganon

English

Alternative forms

• meshugatron

Etymology

From meshugge +‎ -on, from Yiddish משוגע (meshuge, “crazy”). Coined by Hungarian-American physicist Edward Teller in 1989 during a Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF) workshop.

Noun

meshuganon (plural meshuganons)

1. (physics) A hypothetical particle that could explain cold fusion.