WET

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  1. A joking backronym usually expanded as 'write everything twice' or similar, used as the opposite of DRY to describe duplicated code and repeated logic. It criticizes copy-paste-heavy design.

    In plain English: A joking term for code with too much duplication.

    Example: "This service is pure WET architecture with the same validation copied into four handlers."

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