desnarfulate
/dɛsˈnɑːrfjʊleɪt/
verb [with obj.] informal
To reset project parameters back to a state of workability, typically after a period of escalating complexity or disarray.
• The situation needed serious desnarfulation as it had become nearly irretrievably chaotic.
DERIVATIVES
desnarfulation n.
ORIGIN
late 20th century: coined by an independent inventor; blend of de- (reversal) + snarl (tangle) + -fulate (pseudo-Latin suffix implying process). First attested in private technical correspondence by Michael A Stace, USA.