The consensus, idea, plan, story, or set of rules that is currently
being used to inform a behavior. This usage is a generalization and
(deliberate) abuse of the technical meaning. "What's the theory on
fixing this TECO loss?" "What's the theory on dinner tonight?"
("Chinatown, I guess.") "What's the current theory on letting lusers
on during the day?" "The theory behind this change is to fix the
following well-known screw...."
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