/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)
