From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!tihor Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: new bug word? - (nf) Article-I.D.: cmcl2.29307 Posted: Wed Jan 26 00:13:49 1983 Received: Fri Jan 28 06:33:45 1983 #R:houxa:-15100:cmcl2:8500002:000:386 cmcl2!tihor Jan 25 18:09:00 1983 The term misfeature is in fairly common use around here for something which falls into the vague gray area between obvious bugs (things which the designer never intended to happen) and obvious features (things which the users finds reasonable to happen). A misfeature is the dual (or at least a differing view) of the object of the classic retort: "It's not a bug, it's a FEATURE."