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Hirsute Adj. Occasionally Used Humorously As A Synonym For Hairy.
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hirsute adj.
Occasionally used humorously as a synonym for
hairy.
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hirsute: adj. Occasionally used humorously as a synonym for {hairy}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
hairy adj. 1. Annoyingly complicated. "DWIM is incredibly hairy.
2. Incomprehensible. "DWIM is incredibly hairy....
hairy: adj. 1. Annoyingly complicated. "{DWIM} is incredibly hairy.
2. Incomprehensible. "{DWIM} is incredibly hairy....
elephantine adj. Used of programs or systems that are both conspicuous hogs (owing perhaps to poor design founded on brute force and ignorance) and exceedingly hairy monstrosity.
See also second-system effect and baroque....
anked adj. Same as down, used primarily by Unix hackers.
See also hosed. Popularized as a synonym for `drunk' by Steve Dallas in the late lamented "Bloom County" comic strip....
anked: adj. Same as {down}, used primarily by UNIX hackers.
See also {hosed}. Popularized as a synonym for `drunk' by Steve Dallas in the late lamented "Bloom County" comic strip....
gonzo: /gon'zoh/ [from Hunter S. Thompson] adj. Overwhelming
outrageous; over the top; very large, esp. used of collections of source code, source files, or individual functions....
middle-endian: adj. Not {big-endian} or {little-endian}.
Used of perverse byte orders such as 3-4-1-2 or 2-1-4-3, occasionally found in the packed-decimal formats of minicomputer manufacturers who shall remain nameless....
deserves to lose adj. [common] Said of someone who willfully does the Wrong Thing
humorously, if one uses a feature known to be marginal....