silly walk

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

silly walk
 vi.

   [from Monty Python's Flying Circus]

   1. A ridiculous procedure required to accomplish a task. Like
   {grovel}, but more {random} and humorous. "I had to silly-walk through
   half the /usr directories to find the maps file."

   2. Syn. {fandango on core}.

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

silly walk

   [Monty Python's Flying Circus] 1. A ridiculous procedure
   required to accomplish a task.  Like {grovel}, but more
   {random} and humorous.  "I had to silly-walk through half the
   /usr directories to find the maps file."

   2. Synonym {fandango on core}.

   [{Jargon File}]

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