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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>feature creature</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="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="feature.html" title="feature"/><link rel="next" href="feature-creep.html" title="feature creep"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">feature creature</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="feature.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="feature-creep.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="feature-creature"/><dt xmlns="" id="feature-creature"><b>feature creature</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [poss. fr. slang ‘creature feature’ for a horror movie]
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</p></dd><dd><p> 1. One who loves to add features to designs or programs, perhaps at
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the expense of coherence, concision, or <a href="../T/taste.html"><i class="glossterm">taste</i></a>.
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</p></dd><dd><p> 2. Alternately, a mythical being that induces otherwise rational
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programmers to perpetrate such crocks. See also
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<a href="feeping-creaturism.html"><i class="glossterm">feeping creaturism</i></a>, <a href="../C/creeping-featurism.html"><i class="glossterm">creeping featurism</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="feature.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="feature-creep.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">feature </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> feature creep</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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