lint
[from Unix's lint(1), named for the bits of fluff
it supposedly picks from programs] 1. vt. To examine a program
closely for style, language usage, and portability problems, esp.
if in C, esp. if via use of automated analysis tools, most esp.
if the Unix utility lint(1) is used. This term used
to be restricted to use of lint(1) itself, but
(judging by references on Usenet) it has become a shorthand for
desk check at some non-Unix
shops, even in languages other than C. Also as v. delint. 2. n. Excess verbiage in a document, as
in "This draft has too much lint".