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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.

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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"