evil: adj. As used by hackers, implies that some system,
program, person, or institution is sufficiently maldesigned as to be
not worth the bother of dealing with. Unlike the adjectives in the
cretinous/losing/brain-damaged series, `evil' does not imply
incompetence or bad design, but rather a set of goals or design
criteria fatally incompatible with the speaker's. This usage is
more an esthetic and engineering judgment than a moral one in the
mainstream sense. "We thought about adding a Blue Glue interface
but decided it was too evil to deal with." "TECO is neat, but it
can be pretty evil if you're prone to typos." Often pronounced with
the first syllable lengthened, as /eeee'vil/. Compare evil and
rude.
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