HAIR


Meaning of HAIR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ n. ]

[back-formation from hairy ] The complications that make something hairy. "Decoding TECO commands requires a certain amount of hair." Often seen in the phrase `infinite hair', which connotes extreme complexity. Also in `hairiferous' (tending to promote hair growth): "GNUMACS elisp encourages lusers to write complex editing modes." "Yeah, it's pretty hairiferous all right." (or just: "Hair squared!")

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.