CLM

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CLM
/C·L·M/
Usage: n. adj.
Etymology: Sun Microsystems
Derivation: Sun: `Career Limiting Move'


CLM: /C·L·M/ n. adj.

[Sun: `Career Limiting Move']

  1. n. An action endangering one's future prospects of getting plum projects and raises, and possibly one's job: "His Halloween costume was a parody of his manager. He won the prize for `best CLM'."
  2. adj. Denotes extreme severity of a bug, discovered by a customer and obviously missed earlier because of poor testing: "That's a CLM bug!"

Sources

Source: CLM, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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