misfeature
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A temporary addition to a piece of code, usually as a quick-and-dirty remedy to an existing bug or misfeature.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
Especially used for user-visible misbehavior caused by a bug or misfeature.
From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Eric S. Raymond
"Well, yeah, it is kind of a misfeature that file names are limited to 6 characters, but the original implementors wanted to save directory space and we're stuck with it for now."
From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Eric S. Raymond
A misfeature of a system, especially a programming language or environment, that tends to breed bugs or mistakes because it both enticingly easy to invoke and completely unexpected and/or unreasonable in its outcome.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
He has his winter too of Pale misfeature, Or else he would forego his mortal nature.
From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by John Keats
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