origins of "kludge"

[William Layer]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:07:12 +0100 (BST)
Pete Turnbull <pete at dunnington.u-net.com> wrote:

> Meanings tend to evolve with common usage.  Just as "kludge" is
> becoming less derogatory in some circles, so "bodge" becomes more so,
> especially as with "precision engineering", the art of the bodger (in
> the sense of someone employed as such) disappears.  "Botch" still means
> something that fails to work, "bodge" works, "kludge

And let us not forget "The Artful Bodger".. the title given to a hints & tips / kinks & dodges column in a British journal; nor the term 'kink' as applied to a quick & dirty fix, sometimes called a 'dodge'.

Could 'bodge' possibly be coined from the combination of 'bright', 'bastard', 'bugger' or 'bollocks' and 'dodge'?

Gotta love Engrish.

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