feeper /fee'pr/ n.
The device in a terminal or workstation (usually a loudspeaker
of some kind) that makes the feep
sound.
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feeping creature n.
[from feeping
creaturism] An unnecessary feature; a bit of chrome that, in the speaker's judgment, is the
camel's nose for a whole horde of new features.
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feeping creaturism /fee'ping kree`ch*r-izm/ 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.