Feature shock
jargon
(From Alvin Toffler’s “Future Shock”) A user’s confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material.
[Jargon File]
(2005-09-15)
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- Feature-story
noun 1. a newspaper or magazine article or report of a person, event, an aspect of a major event, or the like, often having a personal slant and written in an individual style. Compare (def 3b), , . 2. the main or most prominent story in a magazine.
- Featurette
noun a short movie Word Origin feature + -ette ‘small’
- Featuring
[fee-cher] /ˈfi tʃər/ noun 1. a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic: Tall buildings were a new feature on the skyline. 2. something offered as a special attraction: This model has several added features. 3. Also called feature film. the main motion picture in a movie program: What time is the feature? 4. any part […]
- Feaze
[feez] /fiz/ verb (used with object), feazed, feazing. Nautical. 1. to untwist (the end of a rope). [feez, feyz] /fiz, feɪz/ noun 1. . [feez, feyz] /fiz, feɪz/ noun, Dialect. 1. a state of vexation or worry. 2. a violent rush or impact. /fiːz/ verb 1. (nautical) to make or become unravelled or frayed /fiːz/ […]
- Feazing
[fee-zing] /ˈfi zɪŋ/ noun, Nautical. 1. Often, feazings. an unraveled portion at the end of a rope. [feez] /fiz/ verb (used with object), feazed, feazing. Nautical. 1. to untwist (the end of a rope). /fiːz/ verb 1. (nautical) to make or become unravelled or frayed /fiːz/ verb, noun 1. a variant of feeze, faze