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Definition kluge

Etymology

From US military slang, possibly from German klug (“clever”), or perhaps from Dutch Low Saxon klütje (“(little) dumpling, clod”), Jutland Danish klyt (“piece of bad workmanship, klud(g)e”); compare and standard Danish kludder (“mess, disorder”). (Compare klutz.)

According to the OED, an "invented word" influenced by bodge and fudge.

Compare kludge.

Noun

kluge (plural kluges)

1. Something that should not work, but does.
2. A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes.

Verb

kluge (third-person singular simple present kluges, present participle kluging, simple past and past participle kluged)

1. Alternative form of kludge

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