dogwash
/dog'wosh/ (A quip in the "urgency" field of a very optional software change
request, ca. 1982. It was something like "Urgency: Wash your dog first") A
project of minimal priority, undertaken as an escape from more serious work.
Many games and much freeware get written this way, including this dictionary.
[Jargon File]
(1994-12-08)
Nearby terms:
DOF « dogcow « dogpile « dogwash » DOL »
dollar » do loop
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