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• feeping creature n. [from feeping creaturism] An unnecessary feature
  a bit of chrome that, in the speaker's judgment, is the camel's nose for a whole horde of new features....
• feature creature: [poss. fr. slang `creature feature' for a horror movie] n.
  1. One who loves to add features to designs or programs, perhaps at the expense of coherence, concision, or {taste}....
• feature creature n. [poss. fr. slang `creature feature' for a horror movie] 1.
  One who loves to add features to designs or programs, perhaps at the expense of coherence, concision, or taste....
• creeping featurism: /kree'ping fee'chr-izm/ n. 1. Describes a systematic tendency to load more {chrome} and {feature}s onto systems at the expense of whatever elegance they may have possessed when originally designed.
  See also {feeping creaturism}. "You know, the main problem with {BSD} UNIX has always been creeping featurism....
• feeping creaturism: /fee'ping kree`ch*r-izm/ n. A deliberate spoonerism for {creeping featurism}
  meant to imply that the system or program in question has become a misshapen creature of hacks....
• creeping featurism /kree'ping fee'chr-izm/ n. [common] 1.
  Describes a systematic tendency to load more chrome and features onto systems at the expense of whatever elegance they may have possessed when originally designed....
• feeping creaturism /fee'ping kree`ch*r-izm/ n. A deliberate spoonerism for creeping featurism
  meant to imply that the system or program in question has become a misshapen creature of hacks....
• chrome: [from automotive slang via wargaming] n. Showy features added to attract users but contributing little or nothing to the power of a system.
  The 3D icons in Motif are just chrome, but they certainly are *pretty* chrome!...
• feature shock: [from Alvin Toffler's book title "Future Shock"] n.
  A user's (or programmer's!) confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material....