demented
from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
demented
adj.
Yet another term of disgust used to describe a malfunctioning program.
The connotation in this case is that the program works as designed,
but the design is bad. Said, for example, of a program that generates
large numbers of meaningless error messages, implying that it is on
the brink of imminent collapse. Compare {wonky}, {brain-damaged},
{bozotic}.
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
demented
Yet another term of disgust used to describe a program. The
connotation in this case is that the program works as
designed, but the design is bad. Said, for example, of a
program that generates large numbers of meaningless error
messages, implying that it is on the brink of imminent
collapse.
[{Jargon File}]
(1994-12-07)
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "demented":
abnormal, bereft of reason, brainsick, crackbrained, cracked,
crazed, crazy, daft, delirious, deluded, deprived of reason,
deranged, disoriented, distraught, flighty, frenzied, hallucinated,
hysterical, insane, irrational, loco, lunatic, mad, maddened,
maniac, manic, mazed, mental, mentally deficient, meshuggah,
moon-struck, non compos, non compos mentis, not all there,
not right, odd, of unsound mind, off, psycho, queer, reasonless,
senseless, sick, stark-mad, stark-staring mad, strange, tetched,
touched, unbalanced, unhinged, unsane, unsettled, unsound,
wandering, witless
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