hair

hair n.  [back-formation from {hairy}] The complications
   that make something hairy.  "Decoding {TECO} commands requires
   a certain amount of hair."  Often seen in the phrase `infinite
   hair', which connotes extreme complexity.  Also in `hairiferous'
   (tending to promote hair growth): "GNUMACS elisp encourages lusers
   to write complex editing modes."  "Yeah, it's pretty hairiferous
   all right." (or just: "Hair squared!")



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