kluge
Speech parts
1. kluge - Noun
2. kluge - Verb
3. Kluge - Proper noun
Meaning
Something that should not work, but does.
A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes.
kluge (third-person singular simple present kluges, present participle kluging, simple past and past participle kluged)
Alternative form of kludge
Kluge (plural Kluges)
A surname.
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Examples
There are strong reasons to suspect that had Kluge not committed suicide he would have been arrested anyway.
After Granholm's 1962 "How to Design a Kludge" article popularized the kluge variant kludge, both were interchangeably used and confused.
As the thing sank, it went "kluge". citation The Jargon File further includes kluge around "to avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge", kluge up "to lash together a quick hack to perform a task".
“At the risk of sounding alarmist, I must express our very real concern,” Kluge said.
Acronym Other suggested folk etymologies or backronyms for kludge or kluge is from klumsy, lame, ugly, dumb, but good enough, or klutzy, lashup, under, going, engineering.
Kluge said health workers in such facilities were often overworked and underpaid and called for them to be given more protective gear and support.