macdink

/mak'dink/ To make many incremental and unnecessary cosmetic changes to a program or file. Often the subject of the macdinking would be better off without them. The Macintosh is said to encourage such behaviour.

See also fritterware, window shopping.

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Last updated: 1994-11-22

Nearby terms:

Macaulay ♦ MacBinary ♦ MACDesigner ♦ macdink ♦ MACE ♦ Mach ♦ Machiavelli

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