Code Funeral

Noun · Slang & Abbreviations

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  1. A humorous term for the final retirement of a system, feature, or code path after a long life. In engineering culture, a code funeral may be informal, but it often reflects genuine relief mixed with respect for what the old system carried.

    In plain English: A joking farewell when old code or a system is finally retired.

    Example: "The team held a code funeral in chat when the last cron job for the legacy sync service was finally disabled after eight years."

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