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From: swb@TCGOULD.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Scott Brim)
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Subject: Re: TCP/IP Slang Glossary
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Date: Tue, 17-Nov-87 04:36:51 EST
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  >A bogon is a particle (alias packet) that transmits bogosity.  I guess it is
  >also a happy accident that it rhymes with Vogon, because the bogus info is
  >frequently offensive and/or destructive.

Happy accident?  Absolutely intentional; the analogy with a particle
came later.  "Vogons may read you bad poetry, but bogons make you
study obsolete RFCs."

  >Gong?  I dunno.  

This is Dave Mills's, derived from "gongfermer".  It's worth asking
him to repost his explanation.
							Scott