gunk

" That just completely defeats the feature, and you just made the programmer write more gobbledy gunk.

Cleaning up hairy code or removing redundant files and gunk from older projects.

On the other hand there is a lot of gunk out there which everyone "knows to be right" which in fact isn't. Quite often a scientific test with documented results is not a bad thing to have.

A sliding lens cover is an exposed moving part, more prone to breakage and filling up with gunk, and also makes it more likely to smear the webcam with finger oils.

It'd be more grating if their main products were make-up; I think they're mostly on the soap/shampoo side of things -- which can arguably be more about "just be clean and you'll look nice" as opposed to "paint this gunk all over yourself and then you'll look nice".

Anyone looking at spider webs for a meal will immediately go for the large obvious spider-looking thing in the web, and while that predator is dealing with the confusion of getting a mouthful of debris and gunk the real spider can make a get-away.

Besides the fact that they're written by lawyers, a major reason software patents use such odd, useless jargon is because algorithms aren't actually meant to be patentable, but the PTO will let them through if they sufficiently submerge the algorithm in a sea of other gunk.