From 4b8be5dfb30fde1ce051eb7b80ef8fdff2bfcacf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:27:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] bolt-on --- entries/bag on the side.txt | 10 ---------- entries/bolt-on.txt | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 entries/bag on the side.txt create mode 100644 entries/bolt-on.txt diff --git a/entries/bag on the side.txt b/entries/bag on the side.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 4eb0fbe..0000000 --- a/entries/bag on the side.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,10 +0,0 @@ -bag on the side - -n. [prob. originally related to a colostomy bag] An extension to an -established hack that is supposed to add some functionality to the original. -Usually derogatory, implying that the original was being overextended and -should have been thrown away, and the new product is ugly, inelegant, or -bloated. Also v. phrase, to hang a bag on the side [of]. C++? That's just a -bag on the side of C. ... They want me to hang a bag on the side of the -accounting system. - diff --git a/entries/bolt-on.txt b/entries/bolt-on.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1797582 --- /dev/null +++ b/entries/bolt-on.txt @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +bolt-on + +An extension to an established system that is supposed to add some +new functionality to the original. Usually derogatory, implying that +the original was being overextended and should have been thrown away, +and the new product is ugly, inelegant, or bloated. +"This module was arbitrarily bolted on to add functionality X"