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A hypothetical massive scalar elementary particle which could help explain how massless elementary particles can have mass. Named after physicist Peter Higgs.
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN and Fermilab may detect the Higgs boson in the future.
by codell February 27, 2009
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1. The default beliefs installed when you were a child.

2. An unexamined position you absorbed from your environment growing up.
I grew up in a conservative home so my factory settings lead me to vote Republican.
I grew up in a liberal home so my factory settings lead me to vote Democrat.
by riemannslost0 February 04, 2020
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An elementary particle that makes you fat.
You: Damn, man! She's clearly constantly interacting with Higgs Bosons!
Friend: D'you mean she's fat?
You: Ummm...
Friend: Why overcomplicate things like that?
You: Realize you have no life.
by ksdhnkj.sdhfkj July 04, 2018
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