despaghettify

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/ˌdiː.spəˈɡɛ.tɪ.faɪ/

verb

To refactor spaghetti code.

“You could do, but I need to despaghettify the code first.”

Scrabble 26

Meanings

verbdespaghettify (third-person singular simple present despaghettifies, present participle despaghettifying, simple past and past participle despaghettified)

present singular third person despaghettifies · participle present despaghettifying · participle past despaghettified · past despaghettified · alternative de-spaghettify

  1. transitivecomputingTo refactor spaghetti code.

    You could do, but I need to despaghettify the code first.

    3 more examples

    My program is not huge <5000 lines, but it has been hacked about since 1978, with dire results. I get a bad headache trying to follow the logic. I would be happy to upload and then download the despaghettified code so as not to infringe licence regulations. Please help!

    1993 January 19, ro...@ruchem.ru.ac.za, “spaghetti”, in comp.lang.fortran (Usenet)

    I just wanted to give kudos to the new(ish) PrepModules feature. I finally got around to implementing it, and it allowed me to considerably de-spaghettify some of my scripts. Thanks!

    2004 May 17, Chip Seraphine, “PrepModules() rocketh mightily”, in gnu.cfengine.help (Usenet)

    Still, some examples would be nice. I can't distribute claxmod, as is, 'cause there are passwords hard-coded into it. With a little work, a more "generic" example could be developed that could be used as an example (de-spaghettified, preferably).

    2014 May 29, fbkotler, “Re: R.I.P. Nathan Baker”, in alt.lang.asm (Usenet)

Origin

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APA

despaghettify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/despaghettify

MLA

“despaghettify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/despaghettify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “despaghettify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/despaghettify.

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