Flowchart, N. & V. [From Flow "to Ripple Down In Rich Profusion, As Hair" + Chart "a Cryptic Hidden-treasure Map Designed To Mislead The Uninitiated.

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flowchart, n. & v.
[From flow "to ripple down in rich profusion, as hair" + chart
"a cryptic hidden-treasure map designed to mislead the uninitiated."]
1. n. The solution, if any, to a class of Mascheroni
construction problems in which given algoritms require geometrical
representation using only the 35 basic ideograms of the ANSI
template. 2. n. Neronic doodling while the system burns.
3. n. A low-cost substitute for wallpaper. 4. n. The innumerate
misleading the illiterate. "A thousand pictures is worth ten lines
of code." --The Programmer's Little Red Vade Mecum, Mao Tse T'umps.
5. v.intrans. To produce flowcharts with no particular object in mind.
6. v.trans. To obfuscate (a problem) with esoteric cartoons.
-- S. Kelly-Bootle, "The Devil's DP Dictionary"

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