fudge

Fudge (candy).

Meanings

Noun

  • A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
  • Light or frothy nonsense.
  • A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
  • A made-up story.
  • A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.

Verb

Interjection

Origin

  • Probably a variant of fadge, the confectionery sense having evolved from the meaning of “merging together” or “turning out as expected”.

Modern English dictionary

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