kluge

Etymology
From US military slang, possibly from, or perhaps from , Jutland 🇨🇬; compare standard 🇨🇬. (Compare .)

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

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Noun

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

Synonyms

 * see Thesaurus:workaround