kludge

kludge 1. /klooj/ n.  Incorrect (though regrettably
   common) spelling of {kluge} (US).  These two words have been
   confused in American usage since the early 1960s, and widely
   confounded in Great Britain since the end of World War II.
   2. [TMRC] A {crock} that works. (A long-ago "Datamation"
   article by Jackson Granholme similarly said: "An ill-assorted
   collection of poorly matching parts, forming a distressing
   whole.")  3. v. To use a kludge to get around a problem.  "I've
   kludged around it for now, but I'll fix it up properly later."

   This word appears to have derived from Scots `kludge' or
   `kludgie' for a common toilet, via British military slang.  It
   apparently became confused with U.S. {kluge} during or after
   World War II; some Britons from that era use both words in
   definably different ways, but {kluge} is now uncommon in Great
   Britain.  `Kludge' in Commonwealth hackish differs in meaning from
   `kluge' in that it lacks the positive senses; a kludge is something
   no Commonwealth hacker wants to be associated too closely with.
   Also, `kludge' is more widely known in British mainstream slang
   than `kluge' is in the U.S.