envelopment

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I'm sure Zawinski's law of software envelopment applies to this in some way.

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the act of enclosing something inside something else

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noun

the act of enclosing something inside something else

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for envelopment.

noun

the act of enclosing something inside something else

See also: enclosure, enclosing, inclosure

Example sentences

I'm sure Zawinski's law of software envelopment applies to this in some way.

HN is an exception to the law of software envelopment. It does not have private messages.

Still, it is not possible to persecute "envelopment" as rape. 10-17.

I'd still like citations on the male custody and on this 'forced envelopment' business.

Zawinski's law of software envelopment at it again. ."

Zawinski's law of software envelopment: Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.

Obligatory jwz quote: ``Zawinski's law of software envelopment'' Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.

Also: "Always work on more features" can be a pitfall, and it's why Zawinski's law of software envelopment exists. Any feature you add can end up costing in future maintenance and difficulty in making future changes.

>to sexual assault Where the actual systemic problem is that the government deliberately misrepresents male rape victims by not counting "forced envelopment" as rape? >Read the next sentence.

For instance, women can't rape men and it is instead legally classed as "forced envelopment" or something, so there's... very, very clearly a disparity, but almost no one ever hears about it.