FEATURE CREATURE
\fˈiːt͡ʃə kɹˈiːt͡ʃə], \fˈiːtʃə kɹˈiːtʃə], \f_ˈiː_tʃ_ə k_ɹ_ˈiː_tʃ_ə]\
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[Possibly from slang "creature feature" for a horror movie]1. One who loves to add features to designs or programs,perhaps at the expense of coherence, concision or taste.2. Alternately, a mythical being that induces otherwiserational programmers to perpetrate such crocks. See alsofeeping creaturism, creeping featurism.
By Denis Howe
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).