A derogatory term for something composed of a mishmash of poorly chosen components. Most often used in design or engineering. "That screen is a dog's breakfast of information and alerts."
Often used to refer to outdated or expired version of the paper or news, e.g. today's newspaper is tomorrow's fishwrap. (Also the name of one of the first custom newspaper experiments on the web, created by MIT's Media Lab in 1994. The end product, from a news perspective, fit the name.)
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tomkarlo commented on the word dog's breakfast
A derogatory term for something composed of a mishmash of poorly chosen components. Most often used in design or engineering. "That screen is a dog's breakfast of information and alerts."
February 20, 2009
tomkarlo commented on the word fish wrap
Often used to refer to outdated or expired version of the paper or news, e.g. today's newspaper is tomorrow's fishwrap. (Also the name of one of the first custom newspaper experiments on the web, created by MIT's Media Lab in 1994. The end product, from a news perspective, fit the name.)
January 29, 2009