Copycoditis

Main Entry: copy·co·di·tis
Pronunciation: "kä-pE-co-'dI-t&s
Function: noun
Date: December 19, 2002
: inflammation of the programmer caused by a previous programmer copy-pasting code from another source without actually bothering to read or check what said code does. May also include inflammation due to comments from copied code no longer applying to new code yet left in for confusion purposes.

Usage:
"Why is this method deprecated? Oh, it's just copycoditis.. ".

Possible cure:
A large clue-by-four applied repeatedly to the offending programer's head.