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hair
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n. [back-formation from hairy ] The complications that make something hairy.
Decoding TECO commands requires a certain amount of hair. Often seen in the
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phrase infinite hair, which connotes extreme complexity. Also in
hairiferous (tending to promote hair growth): EMACS elisp is pretty
hairiferous all right.