meshuganon

English

Alternative forms

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