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detailed programmatic specificity 

something the Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, says in speeches. Problem is no-one knows what it means.
"No idea what detailed programmatic specificity means." - Mr Turnbull

specificity

personal
too specific
about a celebrity
slander
biased
opinionated
i specificity LIKE DOGS NOT CATS
specificity by Breezy Ballerina February 23, 2020

specifize 

in the act of being more specific
can you specifize that
specifize by mattyd222 August 20, 2010

Specificiphilia 

A paranoia related to design specifications, giving the sufferer a compunction to eliminate any and all vagueness in what the client thinks they want, and remove any and all possible ambiguity.
Client: I want tight facebook and twitter integration.
Designer: Having automatic sharing is a very very bad idea and pisses people off, it should be opt-in based on each individual action.
Client: But that's what I meant.
Designer: Just covering my bases; specificiphilia, you know?
Specificiphilia by bedstraw November 15, 2011

inverse specificity law 

A natural law that dictates that the depth and accuracy of your task description is inversely proportional to the importance of the task. You will be given a ten-page written specification on preparing an invitation for five customers to come to morning coffee, a tax audit report will be requested in an email consisting of a single paragraph, while a request to revise the organization's entire cost structure will be delivered verbally in a single sentence.
CEO: Bernie, our database manager left and we need a report of all customers who bought semi-spleeted widgets in the northwest region since the beginning of the month. There's a potentially fatal fault and we need to do a product recall.
Bernie: Sure, right away! What's the product code for semi-spleeted widgets, and what's the region code?
CEO: Dunno. The database manager left. But it's all in the database. Just do it.
Bernie: Hmmm... the inverse specificity law indicates that this task must be critically important!

specificity

A CSS rule that states that in case of conflict, the properties of the most specific selector is applied.
For example: if we make all tables bold, but make all table cells have a normal weight, the latter rule will be applied. This is because "table cell" is more specific than "table".
specificity by Pathoschild March 21, 2005