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Futon   /fˈutɑn/   Listen
Futon

noun
1.
Mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame.





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... the type case for a whole bestiary of nonce particle names, including the 'clutron' or 'cluon' (indivisible particle of cluefulness, obviously the antiparticle of the bogon) and the futon (elementary particle of {randomness}, or sometimes of lameness). These are not so much live usages in themselves as examples of a live meta-usage: that is, it has become a standard joke or linguistic maneuver to "explain" otherwise mysterious circumstances by inventing nonce particle names. ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0


Words linked to "Futon" :   Nippon, mattress, japan, Nihon


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