baby duck syndrome

noun
/ˌbeɪbi dʌk ˈsɪndɹəʊm/UK/ˌbeɪbi dʌk ˈsɪndɹoʊm/US

Etymology

From the tendency of newly hatched ducks or other birds to imprint on the first thing they see.

Definitions

  1. The tendency of computer users to think the system (software or usage paradigm) they…

    The tendency of computer users to think the system (software or usage paradigm) they originally started using is better than others.

    • The tools go back on the shelf, mostly unused, for a number of reasons, not just the baby-duck syndrome.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for baby duck syndrome. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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