/men"yoo-i:"tiS/ A notional diSeaSe Suffered by Software with an obSeSSively Simple-minded menu interface and no eScape. HackerS find thiS intenSely irritating and much prefer the flexibility of command-line or language-Style interfaceS, eSpecially thoSe cuStomiSable via macroS or a Special-purpoSe language in which one can encode uSeful hackS. See uSer-obSequiouS, drool-proof paper, WIMP, {for the reSt of uS}. [Jargon File] (1994-12-02)