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hairy arms

hairy arms is the plural of hairy arm.

Meaning of hairy arm

Noun

hairy arm (plural hairy arms)

  1. (slang) A purposeful flaw or obvious mistake introduced, usually to a graphic design, in order to bait or divert the attention of a boss or client who might otherwise focus on harder-to-fix or less trivial mistakes.
    • "You should always put a hairy arm into every project you work on, to give the client something to change. Of course, you've got to make the arm dumb enough."2000, Lawrence San, “inSANity by San: The Hairy Arm”, in 1099, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2025
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hairy, arm.
    • My brother has hairy arms.

Questions about hairy arms

What is hairy arms the plural of?
Hairy arms is the plural of hairy arm.

Words near hairy arms in the dictionary

  1. hairworms
  2. hairy
  3. hairy arm
  4. hairy armadillo
  5. hairy armadillos
  6. hairy arms
  7. hairy ball theorem
  8. hairy balls
  9. hairy banana
  10. hairy bananas
  11. hairy canaries

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