ORithm, humour> /boh"goh-sORt"/ (OR "stupid-sORt") The archetypical perversely awful algORithm (as opposed to bubble sORt, which is merely the generic *bad* algORithm). Bogo-sORt is equivalent to repeatedly throwing a deck of cards in the air, picking them up at random, and then testing whether they are in ORder. It serves as a sORt of canonical example of awfulness. Looking at a program and seeing a dumb algORithm, one might say "Oh, I see, this program uses bogo-sORt." Also known as "monkey sORt" after the {Infinite Monkey TheORem}. Compare brute fORce, Lasherism. An implementation . [Jargon File] (2002-04-07)