kludge
noun/kluːdʒ/, /klʌdʒ/
/kluːdʒ/, /klʌdʒ/
(computing)- a solution to a problem that has been quickly and badly put togetherWord Origin1960s: invented word, perhaps influenced by bodge and fudge.
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