A new term for the programmers' lexicon

[tlode@xxxxxxx (the tree by the river)]

Several years back, I coined a term in the genre of hardware, software, 
vaporware, and so on...which I have had far more occasions to use since 
than I would have liked:

    Vampireware; n, a project capable of sucking the lifeblood out 
                 of anyone unfortunate enough to be assigned to it 
                 which never actually sees the light of day, but 
                 nonetheless refuses to die.