Dogwash

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The Jargon File

Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
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dogwash
/dog´wosh/
Usage: n. v.
Derivation: From a quip in the `urgency' field of a very optional software change request, ca.: 1982. It was something like "Urgency: Wash your dog first".


dogwash: /dog´wosh/ n. v.

[From a quip in the `urgency' field of a very optional software change request, ca.: 1982. It was something like "Urgency: Wash your dog first".]

  1. n. A project of minimal priority, undertaken as an escape from more serious work.
  2. v. To engage in such a project. Many games and much freeware get written this way.
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Source: dogwash, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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