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Macdink

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(idea) by Jargon (1.8 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 11:45:50

M$ = M = machinable

macdink /mak'dink/ vt.

[from the Apple Macintosh, which is said to encourage such behavior] To make many incremental and unnecessary cosmetic changes to a program or file. Often the subject of the macdinking would be better off without them. "When I left at 11 P.M. last night, he was still macdinking the slides for his presentation." See also fritterware, window shopping.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.


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