Dictionary9 September 2026
Warthogism
A Crestignac neologism describing the inexplicably complicated behaviour of a device meant to perform a simple task.
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Masculine noun.
A situation in which a device meant to perform a simple task inexplicably chooses to behave like a warthog.
“I asked it for a simple photo and it responded with a technical error: warthogism again.”
warthogist: one who practises warthogism.
warthogise: to turn a simple operation into an unnecessarily problematic situation.
Related Crestignac expression: Terribilis est generatio imaginum.
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