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dwimmery

UK/ˈdwɪ.mə.ɹi/US/ˈdwɪ.mɚ.ɹi/

dwimmery noun: a computer program's ability to sense the user's intentions rather than work according to a well-defined specification.

Noun

dwimmery (uncountable)

  1. (humorous) A computer program's ability to sense the user's intentions rather than work according to a well-defined specification.
    • This dwimmery causes the model to show that polar melting rates have absolutely no connection to world climate in general, and to rising ocean levels in particular.2005, Damian Conway, Perl Best Practices
    • I think that, as with various other parts of Perl 6, we can try to sweep all the dwimmery into one spot so that it can be easily recognized and/or avoided.2005 May 6, Larry Wall, “stdio”, in perl.perl6.language (Usenet)

Origin of dwimmery

From DWIM + -ery, influenced by dwimmer.

Questions about dwimmery

What does dwimmery mean?
Dwimmery means a computer program's ability to sense the user's intentions rather than work according to a well-defined specification.
What part of speech is dwimmery?
Dwimmery is a noun.
How do you pronounce dwimmery?
Dwimmery is pronounced /ˈdwɪ.mə.ɹi/ (UK).

Words near dwimmery in the dictionary

  1. dwiles
  2. DWIM
  3. dwimmer
  4. dwimmercraft
  5. dwimmers
  6. dwimmery
  7. dwindle
  8. dwindled
  9. dwindlement
  10. dwindler
  11. dwindlers

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