Big Hairy Object
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A Big Hairy Object (BHO) is a slang term used to describe an object in software programming that has so many properties and methods that it performs the bulk of system processes all on its own. When dealing with complex business processes, this is generally frowned upon as it violates object oriented programming design principles. BHOs typically start small and simple, but build up over years of evolution when refactoring is not a standard practice of those who maintain it.
