define:mortmain

In a context completely unrelated to computers or my work, someone gave me a copy of one of those “word a day” calendar entries for the word “mortmain”. You can see the fuller definition here, but one definition is:

The oppressive influence of past events or decisions.

Only after I tacked it up in my office did people start pointing out to me the irony.

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