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kludge
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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A crock that works. (A long-ago Datamation article by Jackson Granholme
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similarly said: An ill-assorted collection of poorly matching parts, forming
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a distressing whole. ) 3. v. To use a kludge to get around a problem. I've
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kludged around it for now, but I'll fix it up properly later. This word
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appears to have derived from Scots kludge or kludgie for a common toilet,
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via British military slang. It apparently became confused with U.S. kluge
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during or after World War II; some Britons from that era use both words in
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definably different ways, but kluge is now uncommon in Great Britain. Kludge
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in Commonwealth hackish differs in meaning from kluge in that it lacks the
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positive senses; a kludge is something no Commonwealth hacker wants to be
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associated too closely with. Also, kludge is more widely known in British
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mainstream slang than kluge is in the U.S.
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