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Cued the Cat

To over-reach in the development of a technology product or service by adding excessive features that have a detrimental impact on the user-base or are perceived to have no positive value.

Akin to "jumping the shark" in media culture and illuminating a phase transition or bifurcation point, where a once potentially viable technology is deemed detrimental or excessive in problematic aspects due to its overloading of function.

Based to the late 1990s Digital Convergence Corporation cat-shaped handheld bar-code scanner known as the "CueCat" and referential to the theory of over-optimization and technocentrism expressed by Harvard Business professor Clayton Christensen and his "Innovator's Dilemma" and "Innovator's Solution" works.
Google was an awesome search engine until they added Instant and cued the cat.
by thirdparasite December 29, 2010
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Cat

A bitch ass how that will fucking mess you up if you grab it vagina and shove it up your fucking ass
A super flufffy cat is purring
by Jfndusi December 6, 2018
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cuff the cat

similar to “hit the hay” and “punch the straw”. a saying to say when you are feeling tired and is about to go to sleep. the phrase is popularly used in the northeast region but some in california have been heard using it.
“i’m about to cuff the cat, see ya in the morning
by RWCSMS November 2, 2020
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cat

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by nanang floppa August 7, 2023
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cat knit yo' shit

When a cat claws your leg whilst purring (also known as kneading). You know that cat wants a fuckin.
jasper s horny. that cat knit yo' shit... man he wants it bad. awww yeah.
by HornyCat September 6, 2010
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Ulysses cat

Ulysses cat is a cat who took a long journey through the snowy winters of New York to finally return to his home at the Gorfein's. He's a really handsome big orange cat who likes milk. He's friends with the folk singer Llewyn Davis.
Got damn! It's the Ulysses cat
by llewyndavis.feels April 8, 2022
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Cat

A large, feathered beast sporting 12 appendages from its forehead with a large leg splitting infinitely out for it to grip and climb. It has the ability to infest your dreams and thoughts with its spawn and can slowly degrade your sanity until it deems you weak enough to kill.
by Swiftlemur December 19, 2022
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