CLM

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

CLM
 /C.L.M/

   [Sun: `Career Limiting Move']

   1. n. An action endangering one's future prospects of getting plum
   projects and raises, and possibly one's job: "His Halloween costume
   was a parody of his manager. He won the prize for `best CLM'."

   2. adj. Denotes extreme severity of a bug, discovered by a customer
   and obviously missed earlier because of poor testing: "That's a CLM
   bug!"

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Career Limiting Move
CLM

   <jargon> (CLM, Sun) Any action endangering one's future
   prospects of getting plum projects and raises, and possibly
   one's job.  E.g. "His Halloween costume was a parody of his
   manager.  He won the prize for "best CLM"."  A severe bug
   discovered by a customer might be a "CLM bug".

   (2000-08-09)

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