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In The Extreme: Adj. A Preferred Superlative Suffix For Many Hackish Terms.
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:in the extreme: adj. A preferred superlative suffix for many hackish
terms. See, for example, `obscure in the extreme' under {obscure},
and compare {highly}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
in the extreme adj. A preferred superlative suffix for many hackish terms.
See, for example, `obscure in the extreme' under obscure, and compare highly....
obscure: adj. Used in an exaggeration of its normal meaning, to imply total incomprehensibility.
The reason for that last crash is obscure." "The `find(1)' command's syntax is obscure!...
obscure adj. Used in an exaggeration of its normal meaning, to imply total incomprehensibility.
The reason for that last crash is obscure." "The find(1) command's syntax is obscure!...
highly: [scientific computation] adv. The preferred modifier for overstating an understatement.
As in: `highly nonoptimal', the worst possible way to do something...
baroque: adj. Feature-encrusted; complex; gaudy; verging on excessive.
Said of hardware or (esp.) software designs, this has many of the connotations of {elephantine} or {monstrosity} but is less extreme and not pejorative in itself....
fuck me harder: excl. Sometimes uttered in response to egregious misbehavior, esp.
in software, and esp. of misbehaviors which seem unfairly persistent (as though designed in by the imp of the perverse)....
ybble /nib'l/ (alt. `nibble') n. [from v. `nibble' by analogy with `bite' =&g
`byte'] Four bits; one hex digit; a half-byte. Though `byte' is now techspeak, this useful relative is still jargon....
WYSIWYG: /wiz'ee-wig/ adj. Describes a user interface under which "What You See Is What You Ge
as opposed to one that uses more-or-less obscure commands that do not result in immediate visual feedback....
broken: adj. 1. Not working properly (of programs).
2. Behaving strangely; especially (when used of people) exhibiting extreme depression....