rococo
:rococo: adj. Terminally baroque
Used to imply that a program has
become so encrusted with the software equivalent of gold leaf and
curlicues that they have completely swamped the underlying design.
Called after the later and more extreme forms of Baroque architecture
and decoration prevalent during the mid-1700s in Europe. Alan Perlis
said: "Every program eventually becomes rococo, and then rubble."
Compare critical mass
Jargon File Version 4.3.1, 29 JUN 2001 =
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