lint

   [from Unix's lint(1), named for the bits of fluff it supposedly picks
   from programs]

   1.  vt.  To  examine a program closely for style, language usage, and
   portability  problems,  esp.  if  in  C, esp. if via use of automated
   analysis  tools,  most esp. if the Unix utility lint(1) is used. This
   term  used to be restricted to use of lint(1) itself, but (judging by
   references  on  Usenet)  it has become a shorthand for any exhaustive
   review  process  at some non-Unix shops, even in languages other than
   C. Also as v. {delint}.

   2.  n.  Excess verbiage in a document, as in "This draft has too much
   lint".

[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {delint}]