creeping featuritis
<jargon> /kree'ping fee'-chr-i:`t*s/ A variant of creeping featurism,
with its own spoonerism: "feeping creaturitis". Some people like to reserve this
form for the disease as it actually manifests in software or hardware, as
opposed to the lurking general tendency in designers' minds. -ism means
"condition" or "pursuit of", whereas -itis usually means "inflammation of".
[Jargon File]
(1997-08-03)
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creationism « creeping elegance « creeping featurism
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