hairy arm
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A purposeful flaw or obvious mistake introduced, usually to a graphic design, in order to bait or divert the attention of a boss or client who might otherwise focus on harder-to-fix or less trivial mistakes.
Slang
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hairy, arm.
Example Sentences
- ""You should always put a hairy arm into every project you work on, to give the client something to change. Of course, you've got to make the arm dumb enough.""
- "[…]is the hairy-arm story. This apocryphal tale has many versions in many industries, but they're all about the same thing - managing those who have power over you by leaving errors in your work. The first print version appeared in a blog[…]"
- "My brother has hairy arms."