Software Malpractice
Noun · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
A sarcastic label for engineering decisions so careless that they feel professionally negligent. In engineering slang, it is used when avoidable shortcuts create obvious long-term damage.
In plain English: A jokingly severe term for extremely poor engineering practice.
Example: "Deploying customer-specific hotfixes straight into production with no audit trail felt like software malpractice, not scrappy execution."