gonzo /gon'zoh/ adj.
[from Hunter S. Thompson] 1. With total commitment, total
concentration, and a mad sort of panache. (Thompson's original
sense.) 2. More loosely: Overwhelming; outrageous; over the top;
very large, esp. used of collections of source code, source
files, or individual functions. Has some of the connotations of
moby and hairy, but without the implication of obscurity
or complexity.
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Good Thing n.,adj.
[very common; often capitalized; always pronounced as if
capitalized.] 1. Self-evidently wonderful to anyone in a position
to notice: "A language that manages dynamic memory automatically
for you is a Good Thing." 2. Something that can't possibly have
any ill side-effects and may save considerable grief later:
"Removing the self-modifying code from that shared library would
be a Good Thing." 3. When said of software tools or libraries, as
in "YACC is a Good Thing", specifically connotes that the thing
has drastically reduced a programmer's work load. Oppose Bad Thing.