May 15, 2003

feature creature

n.

[poss. fr. slang ‘creature feature’ for a horror movie]

1. One who loves to add features to designs or programs, perhaps at the expense of coherence, concision, or taste.

2. Alternately, a mythical being that induces otherwise rational programmers to perpetrate such crocks. See also feeping creaturism, creeping featurism.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:48 AM

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