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fudge

1  [fuhj]
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–noun
a soft candy made of sugar, butter, milk, chocolate, and sometimes nuts.
Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; of uncert. orig.; the word was early in its history associated with college campuses, where fudge-making was popular; however, attempts to explain it as a derivative of fudge 3 (preparing the candy supposedly being an excuse to “fudge” on dormitory rules) are dubious and prob. after-the-fact speculation
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fudge

2  [fuhj] noun, verb, fudged, fudg⋅ing.
–noun
1. nonsense or foolishness (often used interjectionally).
–verb (used without object)
2. to talk nonsense.
Origin:
1690–1700; orig. uncert.; cf. fudge 3

fudge

3  [fuhj] verb, fudged, fudg⋅ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to cheat or welsh (often fol. by on): to fudge on an exam; to fudge on one's campaign promises.
2. to avoid coming to grips with something: to fudge on an issue.
3. to exaggerate a cost, estimate, etc., in order to allow leeway for error.
–verb (used with object)
4. to avoid coming to grips with (a subject, issue, etc.); evade; dodge: to fudge a direct question.
–noun
5. a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page.
6. the bulletin thus printed, often in color.
7. a machine or attachment for printing such a bulletin.
Origin:
1665–75; orig. uncert.; in earliest sense, “to contrive clumsily,” perh. expressive var. of fadge to fit, agree, do (akin to ME feien to put together, join, OE fēgan); unclear if fudge 1 and fudge 2 are developments of this word or independent coinages
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fudge   (fŭj)   
n.  

  1. A soft rich candy made of sugar, milk, butter, and flavoring.

  2. Nonsense; humbug.

v.   fudged, fudg·ing, fudg·es

v.   tr.

  1. To fake or falsify: fudge casualty figures.

  2. To evade (an issue, for example); dodge.

v.   intr.

  1. To act in an indecisive manner: always fudged on the important questions.

    1. To go beyond the proper limits of something: fudged on the building code requirements.

    2. To act dishonestly; cheat.


[Possibly alteration of fadge, to fit.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
fudge [fədʒ]

  1. in.
    to cheat; to deceive (someone). (Disguise of fuck.) : Bill, you're fudging. Wait till the starting gun fires.
  2. n.
    nonsense; deception. : I've heard enough of your fudge. Let's get honest, okay?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

fudge  (v.)
1674, alteration of M.E. fadge "make suit, fit," of unknown origin. The traditional story (attested from 1791) traces fudge in this sense to a Captain Fudge, "who always brought home his owners a good cargo of lies." It seems there really was a late 17c. Captain Fudge, called "Lying Fudge," and perhaps his name influenced the form of fadge in the sense of "contrive without the necessary materials."

fudge  (n.)
1896, Amer.Eng., perhaps a special use of fudge (v.). Interjection is 1766 (Oh, fudge), and the n. meaning "nonsense" is 1791.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

fudge
1. To perform in an incomplete but marginally acceptable way, particularly with respect to the writing of a program. "I didn't feel like going through that pain and suffering, so I fudged it - I'll fix it later."
2. The resulting code.
[The Jargon File]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Encyclopedia

fudge

creamy candy made with butter, sugar, milk, and usually chocolate, cooked together and beaten to a soft, smooth texture. Fudge may be thought of as having a consistency harder than that of fondant (q.v.) and softer than that of hard chocolate. According to most recipes, the ingredients of fudge are cooked to what is termed in kitchen parlance the soft ball stage, that point between 234 and 240 F (112 and 115 C) at which a small ball of the candy dropped in ice water neither disintegrates nor flattens when picked up with the fingers. Butter and vanilla are added as the candy cools, then the mass is beaten until creamy, poured into a pan, and cut into squares. Often sour cream is substituted for milk and butter, and nut meats or raisins may be stirred into the fudge.

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