Codework
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A form of creative writing in which the text is mixed with code from various computer languages. uncountable
"If readers and writers have become (let's say) producers and receivers, then generic and formal and career distinctions—poetry v. prose v. codework, blog v. LiveJournal, scholarship v. journalism, fact v. hearsay, amateur v. professional—fall by the wayside as the emphasis lands more on potentialities of reading and writing."
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More examples"If readers and writers have become (let's say) producers and receivers, then generic and formal and career distinctions—poetry v. prose v. codework, blog v. LiveJournal, scholarship v. journalism, fact v. hearsay, amateur v. professional—fall by the wayside as the emphasis lands more on potentialities of reading and writing."
Etymology
From code + work, coined by Alan Sondheim.
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