[from automotive slang via wargaming] Showy features added to attract
users but contributing little or nothing to the power of a system.
"The 3D icons in Motif are just chrome, but they certainly are pretty
chrome!" Distinguished from {bells and whistles} by the fact that the
latter are usually added to gratify developers' own desires for
featurefulness. Often used as a term of contempt.
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {bells and whistles}{copious free time}{creeping featurism}{feeping creature}{go-faster stripes}{syntactic sugar}]