showstopper

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show-stop⋅per

[shoh-stop-er]

–noun

1.	Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.

2.	a spectacularly arresting or appealing person or thing: This bright plaid suit is a real show-stopper.

Also, showstopper.

Origin:
1945–50

Related forms:

show-stopping, showstopping, adjective

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show·stop·per (shō'stŏp'ər)

n. Informal

A performance or performer that evokes so much applause from the audience that the show is temporarily interrupted.
A particularly arresting person or thing, especially one that draws attention away from others or brings a course of action to a halt.

show'stop'ping adj.

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Computing Dictionary

showstopper
A hardware or (especially) software bug that makes an implementation effectively unusable; one that absolutely has to be fixed before development can go on. Opposite in connotation from its original theatrical use, which refers to something stunningly *good*.
[The Jargon File]
(1995-01-31)

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