/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)
