munge

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)".
    

munge

   /muhnj/ 1. A derogatory term meaning to imperfectly transform
   information.

   2. A comprehensive rewrite of a routine, data structure or the
   whole program.

   This term is often confused with {mung} and may derive from
   it, or possibly vice-versa.  One correspondent believes it
   derives from the french "mange" /monzh/, eat.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (2002-04-15)