CrApTeX

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  CrApTeX /krap'tekh/ n. [University of York, England] Term of abuse used
     to describe TeX and LaTeX when they don't work (when used by
     TeXhackers), or all the time (by everyone else). The non-TeX-enthusiasts
     generally dislike it because it is more verbose than other formatters
     (e.g. {{troff}}) and because (particularly if the standard Computer
     Modern fonts are used) it generates vast output files. See {religious


     issues}, {{TeX}}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  CrApTeX
       
          /krap'tekh/ (University of York, England) Term of abuse used
          to describe {TeX} and {LaTeX} when they don't work (when used
          by TeXhackers), or all the time (by everyone else).  The
          non-TeX enthusiasts generally dislike it because it is more
          verbose than other formatters (e.g. {troff}) and because
          (particularly if the standard Computer Modern fonts are used)
          it generates vast output files.
       
          See {religious issues}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1994-12-01)