# meshuganon

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A hypothetical particle that could explain cold fusion.

## Etymology
From meshugge + -on, from Yiddish משוגע (meshuge, “crazy”). Coined by Hungarian-American physicist Edward Teller in 1989 during a
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF) workshop.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/meshuganon