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   Fudge

   /fəj/

   

   noun

   • 1. a soft candy made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream. Similar chewy sweettoffee
   • ▪ rich chocolate, used especially as a filling for cakes or a sauce on ice cream: North American "a fudge cake"
   • 2. an instance of faking or ambiguity: "the new settlement is a fudge rushed out to win cheers at the conference" Similar compromisecover-uphalfway houseequivocationspincasuistrysophistryspeciousnessinformal:cop-outOpposite straightforwardness
   • ▪ nonsense: archaic "I hope your marriage will cure you of your silly fudge"
   • 3. a piece of late news inserted in a newspaper page.

   verb

   • 1. present or deal with (something) in a vague, noncommittal, or inadequate way, especially so as to conceal the truth or mislead: "a temptation to fudge the issue and nudge grades up" Similar evadedodgeskirtavoidduckshift ground abouthedgeprevaricatevacillatebe noncommittalshuffleparry questionsstallshilly-shallybeat around the bushmince (one's) wordshum and hawinformal:cop outsit on the fenceflannelwafflerare:tergiversateOpposite be forthright about
   • ▪ adjust or manipulate (facts or figures) so as to present a desired picture: "they have been fudging figures to make it look as though targets have been met" Similar falsifyfakedistortmanipulatemisrepresentmisreportbendspinput a spin onmassagetamper withtinker withinterfere withchangedoctorjuggleembellishembroiderwarpcolorinformal:cookfiddle

   exclamation

   • 1. nonsense! (expressing disbelief or annoyance): dated "“You know how she despises me!” “Fudge! She dotes on you’”"

   Word Origin early 17th century: probably an alteration of obsolete fadge ‘to fit’. Early usage was as a verb in the sense ‘turn out as expected’, also ‘merge together’: this probably gave rise to its use in confectionery. In the late 17th century the verb came to mean ‘fit together in a clumsy or underhand manner’, which included facts or figures being cobbled together in a superficially convincing way: this led to the exclamation ‘fudge!’ and to noun fudge (sense 3 of the noun).

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