dogwash

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

dogwash
 /dog'wosh/

   [From a quip in the `urgency' field of a very optional software change
   request, ca.: 1982. It was something like "Urgency: Wash your dog
   first".]

   1. n. A project of minimal priority, undertaken as an escape from more
   serious work.

   2. v. To engage in such a project. Many games and much {freeware} get
   written this way.

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

dogwash

   /dog'wosh/ (A quip in the "urgency" field of a very optional
   software change request, ca. 1982.  It was something like
   "Urgency: Wash your dog first") A project of minimal priority,
   undertaken as an escape from more serious work.  Many games
   and much {freeware} get written this way, including {this
   dictionary}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-12-08)

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