Meaning of hairy arm | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
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2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hairy, arm.

Examples

“"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."”

“[…]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[…]”

“My brother has hairy arms.”

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