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demented
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adj. Yet another term of disgust used to describe a malfunctioning program.
The connotation in this case is that the program works as designed, but the
design is bad. Said, for example, of a program that generates large numbers
of meaningless error messages, implying that it is on the brink of imminent
collapse. Compare wonky , brain-damaged , bozotic.