bozon

bozon

See also: Božoň

English

Etymology

Blend of bozo +‎ boson.

Noun

bozon (plural bozons)

  1. (humorous) A notional particle of stupidity.
    • 1996, John Novak, “Re: TOR is Fucking with Us All”, in rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan (Usenet):
      Chain book sellers are, by and large, bogon and bozon emitters like nothing you've ever seen.
    • 2000, Jeffrey Yu, “[Fanfic] Flame Wars!!!”, in alt.startrek.vs.starwars (Usenet):
      One bozon is the exact amount of stupidity and lack of scientific knowledge needed to confuse joules with watts.
    • 2000, Dirt First!, “Re: Thanks for all the fish, but I'm vegetarian”, in comp.lang.perl.misc (Usenet):
      Riling people to the point of stupidity is a poor litmus test of their decency, no matter how red and blue their faces get. The result of these trolls seems only to show that the collision of large egos results in the ejection of energetic bozons.
    • 2001, "Kurt[MCoPS]", Re: [ot] Aiiieee! - The Four Horseman[sic] return! (on newsgroup rec.games.miniatures.warhammer)
      There might be a superhigh concentration of bozons which will create a Stupid Hole and suck them all in.

Anagrams

Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from English boson.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboː.zɔ̃n/

Noun

bozon m (collective, plural bozonennoù, singulative bozonenn)

  1. (particle physics) bosons

Japanese

Romanization

bozon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ボゾン

Polish

Etymology

    Borrowed from English boson.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.zɔn/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔzɔn
    • Syllabification: bo‧zon

    Noun

    bozon m inan (related adjective bozonowy)

    1. boson (particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics)

    Declension

    Further reading

    • bozon”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[1] (in Polish)
    • bozony in PWN's encyclopedia

    Serbo-Croatian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /bǒzoːn/
    • Hyphenation: bo‧zon

    Noun

    bòzōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling бо̀зо̄н)

    1. (particle physics) boson

    Declension

    Declension of bozon
    singular plural
    nominative bòzōn bosóni
    genitive bosóna bosónā
    dative bosónu bosónima
    accusative bòzōn bosóne
    vocative bȍzōne bosóni
    locative bosónu bosónima
    instrumental bosónom bosónima

    Slovene

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /bɔzóːn/

    Noun

    bozọ̑n m inan

    1. (particle physics) boson

    Declension

    The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
    Masculine inan., hard o-stem
    nom. sing. bozón
    gen. sing. bozóna
    singular dual plural
    nominative
    (imenovȃlnik)
    bozón bozóna bozóni
    genitive
    (rodȋlnik)
    bozóna bozónov bozónov
    dative
    (dajȃlnik)
    bozónu bozónoma bozónom
    accusative
    (tožȋlnik)
    bozón bozóna bozóne
    locative
    (mẹ̑stnik)
    bozónu bozónih bozónih
    instrumental
    (orọ̑dnik)
    bozónom bozónoma bozóni

    Antonyms

    Further reading

    • bozon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

    Turkish

    Noun

    bozon (definite accusative bozonu, plural bozonlar)

    1. (particle physics) boson