psyton

humour /si:'ton/ (From TMRC) The elementary particle

carrying the sinister force. The probability of a process

losing is proportional to the number of psytons falling on it.

Psytons are generated by observers, which is why demos are

more likely to fail when lots of people are watching. This

term appears to have been largely superseded by bogon; see

also quantum bogodynamics.

(1997-04-26)