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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>MEGO</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="megapenny.html" title="megapenny"/><link rel="next" href="meltdown--network.html" title="meltdown, network"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">MEGO</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="megapenny.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="meltdown--network.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="MEGO"/><dt xmlns="" id="MEGO"><b>MEGO</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/me´goh/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/mee´goh/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [&#8220;<span class="quote">My Eyes Glaze Over</span>&#8221;, often &#8220;<span class="quote">Mine Eyes Glazeth
(sic) Over</span>&#8221;, attributed to the futurologist Herman Kahn] Also
<span class="firstterm">MEGO factor</span>.</p></dd><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">n.</span> A
<a href="../H/handwave.html"><i class="glossterm">handwave</i></a> 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
<a href="../T/TLA.html"><i class="glossterm">TLA</i></a>s.</p></dd><dd><p> 2. excl. An appropriate response to MEGO tactics. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. Among non-hackers, often refers not to behavior that causes the
eyes to glaze, but to the eye-glazing reaction itself, which may be
triggered by the mere threat of excessive technical detail as effectively
as by an actual excess of it.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="megapenny.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="meltdown--network.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">megapenny </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> meltdown, network</td></tr></table></div></body></html>