@joshbloch ("Joshua Bloch") wrote:
We have the word "iatrogenic,"which is every bit as good. I can't count the number of times I've encountered iatrogenic (software) bugs.
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@simongerman600 ("Simon Kuestenmacher") wrote:
There are about a dozen German words that can’t be translated into English but are so important that I hope English speakers will start using them.
Verschlimmbessern is such a word. The act of making something worse while trying to make it better.