"angry fruit salad" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: angry fruit salads [plural]
Etymology: From the bright colours associated with anger, and the unnaturally bright colours of many canned "fruit cocktail" mixtures. Head templates: {{en-noun|~|head=angry fruit salad}} angry fruit salad (countable and uncountable, plural angry fruit salads)
  1. (graphical user interface, slang) A web page or user interface that is poorly designed and overuses color. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Graphical user interface
    Sense id: en-angry_fruit_salad-en-noun-t5LI51Nw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (graphical user interface, slang) This kind of design in general. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Graphical user interface Synonyms: Las Vegas effect
    Sense id: en-angry_fruit_salad-en-noun-T1ott3WH Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (bad interface design that overuses color): Klickibunti [neuter] (German)
Disambiguation of 'bad interface design that overuses color': 52 48

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