Aug and Naug

In the future, after we’ve started integrating computers into our brains to enhance them, we’ll develop a concept of aug and naug (augmented, non-augmented), pronounced and likely spelled: og and nog.

The terms will apply to the measure of human mental achievement, specifically to specify whether a particular mental feat or accomplishment was attained with or without the help of computers.

Jason: Hey, I scored a 2043 on my MART exam today…
Daniel: Nice, but that was aug, right?
Jason: Yeah, no shit. If I did over a 2000 naug I’d be a God.

These terms are likely to be adopted for a few reasons:

1. They clearly describe the concepts of natural vs. supplemental
2. They’re both only one syllable
3. The “n” sound in front of “naug” or “nog” is fairly easy to differentiate from “aug/og” when spoken