Feeping creature

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feeping creature

Usage: n.
Derivation: From feeping creaturism

feeping creature: n.

[from feeping creaturism] An unnecessary feature; a bit of chrome that, in the speaker's judgment, is the camel's nose for a whole horde of new features.

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Sources

Source: feeping creature, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

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