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munge: /muhnj/, vt. 1. [derogatory] To imperfectly transform information. 2. A comprehensive rewrite of a routine, data structure or the whole
program. 3. To modify data in some way the speaker doesn't need to go into
right now or cannot describe succinctly (compare
mumble). 4. To add spamblock to an email
address. This term is often confused with mung, which
probably was derived from it. However, it also appears the word munge was in common use in Scotland in the
1940s, and in Yorkshire in the 1950s, as a verb, meaning to munch up into a
masticated mess, and as a noun, meaning the result of munging something up
(the parallel with the
kluge/kludge pair is
amusing). The OED reports “munge” as an archaic verb meaning
“to wipe (a person's nose)”.
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