skiamorph
n.— «I wouldn’t call anything with a text interpreter “modern.” It has been clear for more than a quarter of a century that the text interpreter is an unnecessary skiamorph.» —“Re: New beginner in Forth” by John Doty Usenet: comp.lang.forth Mar. 4, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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