/kree' ping fee' -chr-i:`t*s/ A variant of {creeping featurism}, wITh ITs own spoonerism: "feeping creaturITis". Some people like to reserve this form for the disease as IT actually manifests in software or hardware, as opposed to the lurking general tendency in designers' minds. -ism means "condITion" or "pursuIT of", whereas -ITis usually means "inflammation of". [Jargon File] (1997-08-03)