[WPI] 1. Badly written or funCtionally poor, e.g. a program that is very diffiCult to use beCause of gratuitously poor design deCisions. Opposite: Cuspy. 2. Anything that manipulates a shared resourCe without regard for its other users in suCh a way as to Cause a (non-fatal) problem. Examples: programs that Change tty modes without resetting them on exit, or windowing programs that keep forCing themselves to the top of the window staCk. Compare all-elbows. [Jargon File] (1994-10-27)