M.E.G.O.

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M.E.G.O., in various disciplines including software engineering, politics and magazine editing, is an acronym for "My Eyes Glaze Over" or "Mine Eyes Glazeth Over".

This jargon is used by programmers to describe their mental / physical state when they are called upon to assimilate too much information too quickly, or forced to politely listen to an excrutiatingly detailed discourse on some subject they consider irrelevant.

Example: "I was driven to MEGO" said Jane in reference to Dick's human resources presentation at the Monday morning staff meeting.

Another, related, use of MEGO is to describe the mental / physical state of less technical listeners (especially management / executive level) when exposed to material containing significant amounts of technical (or pseudo-technical) material (often liberally sprinkled with TLAs).

In the confluence of politics and magazines, World Policy Journal editor Karl E. Meyer says in a review:

"A quintessential MEGO topic is "The Future of Foreign Aid," with "Understanding World Law" and "How Diplomats Negotiate" trailing only a little behind." [1]

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