from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
feeping creaturism
/fee'ping kree`[email protected]/, n.
A deliberate spoonerism for {creeping featurism}, 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.
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
feeping creaturism
/fee'ping kree"ch*r-izm/ A deliberate spoonerism for {creeping
featurism}, 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.