hairy arm

English

Noun

hairy arm (plural hairy arms)

  1. (graphic design, slang) A purposeful flaw or obvious mistake introduced, usually to a graphic design, in order to bait or divert the attention of a boss or client who might otherwise focus on harder-to-fix or less trivial mistakes.
    • 2000, Lawrence San, “inSANity by San: The Hairy Arm”, in 1099‎[1]:
      "You should always put a hairy arm into every project you work on, to give the client something to change. Of course, you've got to make the arm dumb enough."
    • 2013, Wendy Laura Belcher, Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks, Second Edition: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success, University of Chicago Press, page 356:
      […] is the hairy-arm story. This apocryphal tale has many versions in many industries, but they're all about the same thing - managing those who have power over you by leaving errors in your work. The first print version appeared in a blog […]
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hairy,‎ arm.
    My brother has hairy arms.

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