[back-formation from hairy] The complications that make
something hairy. "Decoding TECO commands requires a certain
amount of hair." Often seen in the phrase "infinite hair",
which connotes extreme complexity. Also in "hairiferous"
(tending to promote hair growth): "GNUMACS elisp encourages
lusers to write complex editing modes." "Yeah, it's pretty
hairiferous all right." (Or just: "Hair squared!")
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