Dogwash

2 definitions found

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

  dogwash /dog'wosh/ [From a quip in the `urgency' field of a very
     optional software change request, ca. 1982. It was something like
     "Urgency: Wash your dog first".] 1. n. A project of minimal priority,
     undertaken as an escape from more serious work. 2. v. To engage in such
     a project. Many games and much {freeware} get written this way.
  


  

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

  dogwash
       
          /dog'wosh/ (A quip in the "urgency" field of a very optional
          software change request, ca. 1982.  It was something like
          "Urgency: Wash your dog first") A project of minimal priority,
          undertaken as an escape from more serious work.  Many games
          and much {freeware} get written this way, including {this
          dictionary}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1994-12-08)