/fee'ping kree"ch*r-izm/ A deliberate spoonerism for creepingfeaturism, meant to imply that the system or program in

question has become a misshapen creature of hacks. This term

isn"t really well defined, but it sounds so neat that most

hackers have said or heard it. It is probably reinforced by

an image of terminals prowling about in the dark making their

customary noises.