something that wasn't covered in 4w's otherwise pretty exhaustive history
was just what that word _means_, which i came across somewhat inadvertently
at the _free online dictionary of computing_
(
http://nightflight.com/cgi-bin/foldoc). wireheads among us may find my
giddiness naive and embarassing, but i reproduce this wonderful description
here for those similarly uninformed...
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MEGO
/me"goh/ or /mee'goh/ ["My Eyes Glaze Over", often "Mine Eyes Glazeth (sic)
Over", attributed to the futurologist Herman Kahn] Also "MEGO factor". 1. A
handwave [i.e. distraction--sc] intended to confuse the listener and
hopefully induce agreement because the listener does not want to admit to
not understanding what is going on. MEGO is usually directed at senior
management by engineers and contains a high proportion of TLAs
[three-letter-acronyms--sc]. 2. excl. An appropriate response to MEGO
tactics. 3. Among non-hackers, often refers not to behaviour that causes
the eyes to glaze, but to the eye-glazing reaction itself, which may be
triggered by the mere threat of technical detail as effectively as by an
actual excess of it.
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:)
sc