Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

silly walk
     
        [Monty Python's Flying Circus] 1. A ridiculous procedure
        required to accomplish a task.  Like {grovel}, but more
        {random} and humorous.  "I had to silly-walk through half the
        /usr directories to find the maps file."
     
        2. Synonym {fandango on core}.
     
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