Definition of a code smell

code smell

noun

• something that indicates poor choices made elsewhere in a code base.
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  Last edited on Nov 14 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 14 2015.

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Other terms relating to 'computer slang':
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IDGAS	Definitions include: acronym for "I don't give a shit".
pound on	Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented.
ppl	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "people", used in electronic communication.
TFW	Definitions include: acronym for "that feeling when".
modulo	Definitions include: "except for".
EOM	Definitions include: acronym for "end of message".
ILY	Definitions include: acronym for "I love you."
ad-hockery	Definitions include: one-off solutions that deal with some special case, rather than a more all-encompassing solution.
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witchu	Definitions include: "with you".
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Other terms relating to 'code':
code brown	Definitions include: a code used in medical situations to indicate that the patient has defecated themselves.
code monkey	Definitions include: a person who writes (source) code; "programmer".
code red	Definitions include: an emergency situation.
g code	Definitions include: to keep your mouth shut and mind your own business.
spaghetti code	Definitions include: code whose overall structure is difficult to understand.
write-only code	Definitions include: source code that is extremely difficult to understand.
Other terms relating to 'smell':
I smell what you're cooking	Definitions include: an expression of empathy or simple understanding.
I smell you	Definitions include: that you understand them.
smell	Definitions include: to understand.
smell a rat	Definitions include: to detect that something is not what it seems.
smell bacon	Definitions include: Used when seeing or detecting the presence of a cop nearby.
smell (one) later	Definitions include: "See (one) later", i.e. "Goodbye".
smell-o-vision	Definitions include: Refers to the smell of an unclean woman's vagina, from wear and tear due to sex or activity.
smell right	Definitions include: to be legitimate, trustworthy, moral, etc.
Smells like teen Smear it	Definitions include: Smells like teen Smear it
smell something fishy	Definitions include: to detect that something is amiss.
take time to smell the roses	Definitions include: to take the time to enjoy life.
wake up and smell	Definitions include: to acknowledge.
wake up and smell the coffee	Definitions include: a command/invitation to accept reality.
wake up and smell the decaf	Definitions include: a variant of "wake up and smell the coffee," which is a command/invitation to accept reality.

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