bikeshed

See also: bike shed

English

Etymology

Noun

bikeshed (plural bikesheds)

(literally) An enclosed structure where bicycles may be stored.
(figuratively, technical jargon) A topic that is attracting debate ad nauseam, out of all proportion to its actual importance. Also bikeshedding, the process of arguing endlessly over details of some small and relatively unimportant thing. Originates as a metaphor to explain Parkinson’s Law of Triviality.

Verb

bikeshed (third-person singular simple present bikesheds, present participle bikeshedding, simple past and past participle bikeshedded)

(technical jargon) Discuss a minor detail.
- 2012, Guido van Rossum, Discussion message: Expose dict_proxy internal type as types.MappingProxyType
  I'd like to bikeshed a little on the name.

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