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demented
demented /adj./ Yet another term of disgust used to describe
a program. The connotation in this case is that the program works
as designed, but the design is bad. Said, for example, of a
program that generates large numbers of meaningless error messages,
implying that it is on the brink of imminent collapse. Compare
wonky, bozotic.
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