kluges

 [klooj]  

kludge

   [klooj]
noun Computer Slang.
a software or hardware configuration that, while inelegant, inefficient, clumsy, or patched together, succeeds in solving a specific problem or performing a particular task.
Also, kluge.

Origin:
1960–65; expressive coinage
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Kluges is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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kludge definition

[klədʒ] or [kludʒ]
and kluge
  1. n.
    a patch or a fix in a computer program or circuit. : This is a messy kludge, but it will do the job.
  2. tv.
    to patch or fix a computer program circuit. : I only have time to kludge this problem.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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