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• AFF: Add Fudge Facto
• All delivery promises must be multiplied by a factor of 2.0. -- The RPCISPE's Eighth Universal Law
• A physical factor occasionally showing up in experiments as a result of stopping a stopwatch a little early to compensate for reflex error.
  -- Fudge Facto...
• fudge factor n. [common] A value or parameter that is varied in an ad hoc way to produce the desired result.
  The terms `tolerance' and slop are also used, though these usually indicate a one-sided leeway, such as a buffer that is made larger than necessary because one isn't sure exactly how large it needs to be, and it is better to waste a little space than to lose completely for not having enough....
• fudge factor: n. A value or parameter that is varied in an ad hoc way to produce the desired result.
  The terms `tolerance' and {slop} are also used, though these usually indicate a one-sided leeway, such as a buffer that is made larger than necessary because one isn't sure exactly how large it needs to be, and it is better to waste a little space than to lose completely for not having enough....
• Skinner's Constant (Flannegan's Finagling Factor) That quantity which
  when multiplied by, divided by, added to, or subtracted from the answer you get, gives you the answer you should have gotten....
• That quantity which, when multiplied by, divided by, added to, or subtracted from the answer you get, gives you the answer you should have gotten.
  -- Skinner's Constant (or Flannagan's Finagling Factor)...
• Skinner's Constant (or Flannagan's Finagling Factor)
  That quantity which, when multiplied by, divided by, added to, or subtracted from the answer you get, gives you the answer you should have gotten....