Rapire!

GOOD Rapiare!! KIND Rapaire!! WISE Rapaire!! Not to press the point, INTELLIGENT Rapaire!!! Let me in the saying of it not undo its merit, nay, let me merely assert, SMART Rapaire!! WORLDLY Rapaire!! TRUE, LOYAL, SOPHISTICATED and GENTEEL Rapaire!! I assure you, having used the word amongst seafaring folk since I was merely a candle in every lass's fancy, that the word is pronounced:

KLU-oooooooooo---d-g-ee!! KLOOODJ!!

and does not rhyme with fudge, but with bouge, rouge and smoodzhe.

Of course this may be one of those trick words designed to breed spite among men, by having two equally acceptable pronunciations. But I ain't never heard of no fudge-toned kludge.

Reference:

"A program or feature that works but the author is embarrassed about. Rhymes with "huge," not with "fudge." Sometimes misspelled as kluge.
www-ec.njit.edu/ec_info/home/faq/basic/glossary.html"

and fromt he American Heritage dictionary:

"kludge

 


PRONUNCIATION:
  klooj


NOUN:
Slang 1. A system, especially a computer system, that is constituted of poorly matched elements or of elements originally intended for other applications. 2. A clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem.

ETYMOLOGY:
From ironic use of earlier kluge, smart, clever, from spelling pronunciation of German kluge, from Middle High German kluc, from Middle Low German klk."

Therefore, let it be Huge Kludge, Huge Rouge Kludge, and Never FUDGE.

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