CrApTeX

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

CrApTeX
 /krap'tekh/, n.

   [University of York, England] Term of abuse used to describe TeX and
   LaTeX when they don't work (when used by TeXhackers), or all the time
   (by everyone else). The non-TeX-enthusiasts generally dislike it
   because it is more verbose than other formatters (e.g. {troff}) and
   because (particularly if the standard Computer Modern fonts are used)
   it generates vast output files. See {religious issues}, {TeX}.

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

CrApTeX

   /krap'tekh/ (University of York, England) Term of abuse used
   to describe {TeX} and {LaTeX} when they don't work (when used
   by TeXhackers), or all the time (by everyone else).  The
   non-TeX enthusiasts generally dislike it because it is more
   verbose than other formatters (e.g. {troff}) and because
   (particularly if the standard Computer Modern fonts are used)
   it generates vast output files.

   See {religious issues}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-12-01)