Feature creature

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feature creature
Usage: n.
Derivation: Poss. fr. slang `creature feature' for a horror movie

See Also: feeping creaturism, creeping featurism


feature creature: n.

[poss. fr. slang `creature feature' for a horror movie]

  1. One who loves to add features to designs or programs, perhaps at the expense of coherence, concision, or taste.
  2. Alternately, a mythical being that induces otherwise rational programmers to perpetrate such crocks. See also feeping creaturism, creeping featurism.
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Source: feature creature, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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