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Re:Why 80 Percent of Web Projects Are Total Bullshit: A Free... by SoftwarePatent on Monday September 19, 2011 @11:47PM (#3016191)
You're describing bikeshedding

http://bikeshed.org/

I love finding out there is a single word for something it would take an entire paragraph to describe.

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Re:Why 80 Percent of Web Projects Are Total Bullshit: A Free... by mattdeboard on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @08:01AM (#3017197)
Sounds like we need a word to describe the occasion of finding a single word for something that would otherwise take an entire paragraph to describe.
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Re:Why 80 Percent of Web Projects Are Total Bullshit: A Free... by djackson on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @10:45AM (#3017726)
succinct
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Re:Why 80 Percent of Web Projects Are Total Bullshit: A Free... by pestaa on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @06:14AM (#3016995)
I'd love it even more if I could use the word without explaining it to every person I talk to.

I mean these laws should be taught at school.

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Re:Why 80 Percent of Web Projects Are Total Bullshit: A Free... by pavel_lishin on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @11:21AM (#3017889)
Every so often I scan through http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponymous_laws for a reminder.
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