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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>bag on the side</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="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="Bad-Thing.html" title="Bad Thing"/><link rel="next" href="bagbiter.html" title="bagbiter"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">bag on the side</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Bad-Thing.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bagbiter.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="bag-on-the-side"/><dt xmlns="" id="bag-on-the-side"><b>bag on the side</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [prob. originally related to a colostomy bag] An extension to an
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established hack that is supposed to add some functionality to the
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original. Usually derogatory, implying that the original was being
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overextended and should have been thrown away, and the new product is ugly,
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inelegant, or bloated. Also <span class="grammar">v.</span> phrase,
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“<span class="quote">to hang a bag on the side [of]</span>”. “<span class="quote">C++? That's just a
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bag on the side of C ....</span>” “<span class="quote">They want me to hang a
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bag on the side of the accounting system.</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Bad-Thing.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bagbiter.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Bad Thing </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> bagbiter</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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