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wart: n. A small, crocky feature that sticks out of an
   otherwise clean design.  Something conspicuous for localized
   ugliness, especially a special-case exception to a general rule.
   For example, in some versions of `csh(1)', single quotes
   literalize every character inside them except `!'.  In ANSI C,
   the `??' syntax used for obtaining ASCII characters in a foreign
   environment is a wart.  See also miswart.