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• kluge around: vt. To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a {kluge}.
  Compare {workaround}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• KLUGE (kloodj) alt. KLUDGE [from the German kluge, clever] n.
  1. A Rube Goldberg device in hard/software. 2. A clever programming trick used as a stopgap measure, and noted for being more efficient than clear....
• 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 fixe...
• 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...
• kluge /klooj/ [from the German `klug', clever; poss.
  related to Polish `klucz' (a key, a hint, a main point)] 1....
• monkey up vt. To hack together hardware for a particular task, especially a one-shot job.
  Connotes an extremely crufty and consciously temporary solution....
• monkey up: vt. To hack together hardware for a particular task, especially a one-shot job.
  Connotes an extremely {crufty} and consciously temporary solution....
• hack up vt. To hack, but generally implies that the result is a hack in sense 1 (a quick hack).
  Contrast this with hack on. To `hack up on' implies a quick-and-dirty modification to an existing system....
• hack up: vt. To {hack}, but generally implies that the result is a hack in sense 1 (a quick hack).
  Contrast this with {hack on}. To `hack up on' implies a {quick-and-dirty} modification to an existing system....