fudge factor
A quantity introduced to compensate for uncertainty.
We don't know exactly how much the load will weigh, so we'll add in a fudge factor to make sure we don't underestimate.
noun
A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
Have you tried the vanilla fudge? It's delicious!
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.
verb
To try to avoid giving a direct answer.
When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged.
To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty, deliberately but not necessarily dishonestly or immorally.
The results of the experiment looked impressive, but it turned out the numbers had been fudged.
I had to fudge the lighting to get the color to look good.
To botch or bungle something.
To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.
Used in place of fuck.
Check yo' ass, or I'll fudge you up, mach schnell!
I thought so. And they say I have a bad memory.... Fudge em.
intj
Used in place of fuck.
Fudge! if you had such a fine instinct, why did you let us go to Transome Court and make fools of ourselves?
Pearl had to go home. Mike was one of the last of the good guys, so he said he'd run her on home. All Robert could say was, "Ah, fudge."
Nonsense; tommyrot.
Oh, fudge! Don't lecture me.