misbug

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(idea) by Jargon (2 y) (print)   (I like it!) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 12:14:12
MIPS = M = misfeature

misbug /mis-buhg/ n.

[MIT; rare (like its referent)] An unintended property of a program that turns out to be useful; something that should have been a bug but turns out to be a feature. Compare green lightning. See miswart.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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