[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

spaghetti code n. code with a complex and tangled control structure,
   esp. one using many gotos, exceptions, or other `unstructured' branching
   constructs. pejorative. the synonym `kangaroo code' has been reported,
   doubtless because such code has so many jumps in it.

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

spaghetti code
     
         a pejorative term for code with a complex and
        tangled control structure, especially one using many
        gotos, exceptions, or other "unstructured" branching
        constructs.  the synonym "kangaroo code" has been reported,
        doubtless because such code has so many jumps in it.
     
        jargon file
     
        1997-02-17
     
     
see also:
control structure gotos exceptions jargon file 

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