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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>dogwash</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="dogpile.html" title="dogpile"/><link rel="next" href="Don-t-do-that-then-.html" title="Don't do that then!"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">dogwash</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dogpile.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Don-t-do-that-then-.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="dogwash"/><dt xmlns="" id="dogwash"><b>dogwash</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/dog´wosh/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [From a quip in the &#8216;urgency&#8217; field of a very optional
software change request, ca.: 1982. It was something like &#8220;<span class="quote">Urgency:
Wash your dog first</span>&#8221;.] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">n.</span> A project of minimal
priority, undertaken as an escape from more serious work. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">v.</span> To engage in such a
project. Many games and much <a href="../F/freeware.html"><i class="glossterm">freeware</i></a> get written
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