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• fudge 1. vt. 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....
• diddle: 1. vt. To work with or modify in a not particularly serious manner.
  I diddled a copy of {ADVENT} so it didn't double-space all the time....
• crunch: 1. vi. To process, usually in a time-consuming or complicated way.
  Connotes an essentially trivial operation that is nonetheless painful to perform....
• prettyprint: /prit'ee-print/ (alt. `pretty-print') v.
  1. To generate `pretty' human-readable output from a {hairy} internal representatio...
• monstrosity: 1. n. A ridiculously {elephantine} program or system, esp.
  one that is buggy or only marginally functional. 2....
• grunge: /gruhnj/ n. 1. That which is grungy, or that which makes it so.
  2. [Cambridge] Code which is inaccessible due to changes in other parts of the program....
• by hand: adv. 1. Said of an operation (especially a repetitive
  trivial, and/or tedious one) that ought to be performed automatically by the computer, but which a hacker instead has to step tediously through....
• workaround: n. 1. A temporary {kluge} used to bypass, mask, or otherwise avoid a {bug} or {misfeature} in some system.
  Theoretically, workarounds are always replaced by {fix}e...
• diddle 1. vt. To work with or modify in a not particularly serious manner.
  I diddled a copy of ADVENT so it didn't double-space all the time....