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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>bletcherous</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bletch.html" title="bletch"/><link rel="next" href="blinkenlights.html" title="blinkenlights"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">bletcherous</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bletch.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="blinkenlights.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="bletcherous"/><dt xmlns="" id="bletcherous"><b>bletcherous</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/blech'@·r@s/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Disgusting in design or function; esthetically unappealing. This
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word is seldom used of people. “<span class="quote">This keyboard is
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bletcherous!</span>” (Perhaps the keys don't work very well, or are
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misplaced.) See <a href="../L/losing.html"><i class="glossterm">losing</i></a>,
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<a href="../C/cretinous.html"><i class="glossterm">cretinous</i></a>, <a href="bagbiting.html"><i class="glossterm">bagbiting</i></a>,
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<a href="bogus.html"><i class="glossterm">bogus</i></a>, and <a href="../R/random.html"><i class="glossterm">random</i></a>. The term
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<a href="bletcherous.html"><i class="glossterm">bletcherous</i></a> applies to the esthetics of the thing so
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described; similarly for <a href="../C/cretinous.html"><i class="glossterm">cretinous</i></a>. By contrast,
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something that is <span class="firstterm">losing</span> or <span class="firstterm">bagbiting</span> may be failing to meet objective
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criteria. See also <a href="bogus.html"><i class="glossterm">bogus</i></a> and
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<a href="../R/random.html"><i class="glossterm">random</i></a>, which have richer and wider shades of
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meaning than any of the above.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bletch.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="blinkenlights.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bletch </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> blinkenlights</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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