Macdink

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macdink
/mak´dink/
Usage: vt.
Derivation: From the Apple Macintosh, which is said to encourage such behavior

See Also: fritterware, window shopping


macdink: /mak´dink/ vt.

[from the Apple Macintosh, which is said to encourage such behavior] To make many incremental and unnecessary cosmetic changes to a program or file. Often the subject of the macdinking would be better off without them. "When I left at 11PM last night, he was still macdinking the slides for his presentation." See also fritterware, window shopping.

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


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