On 02/05/06, Philip Welch <wikipedia(a)philwelch.net> wrote:
My point was that many people, including (apparently)
myself and the
person who started this entire thread, never knew that "cruft" had
any meaning *apart from* "not suitable for inclusion in the
encyclopedia due to limited scope of interest"
I know a certain racial epithet which is perfectly synonymous with
some much nicer terms. You understand why we don't use the racial
epithet. That's why certain people, myself included, discourage use of
offensive terms such as "cruft".
And because some people *don't* actually know this more technical
meaning of the term, so it's probably better to spell it out each
time.
Steve