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crucial

  • something needed; very cool; or a great surprise.
    Peanut butter is crucial!

    Last edited on Mar 19 2014. Submitted by Heather C. from Melfa, VA, USA on Jan 16 2003.

noun - uncountable

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crud

  • dirt, dirty.
    What crud! That's a really cruddy bike.

    Last edited on Aug 01 1998. Submitted by Woop from CA, USA on Aug 01 1998.

  • Same as CRAP or SHIT. Negative.
    That's a load of crud.

    Last edited on Dec 01 1999. Submitted by Ryan from IL, USA on Dec 01 1999.

interjection

  • used to express annoyance, anger or fear
    Oh, crud.

    Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Robbie G. from Stroud, Hampshire, UK on Feb 13 2006.

noun - uncountable

  • nonsense
    That's just a lot of crud.

    Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Robbie G. from Stroud, Hampshire, UK on Feb 13 2006.

  • an unpleasant substance. euphemism for 'crap'
    What's all this crud?
    • See more words with the same meaning: feces.

    Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Robbie G. from Stroud, Hampshire, UK on Feb 13 2006.

  • something displeasing
    I feel like crud this morning.

    Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Robbie G. from Stroud, Hampshire, UK on Feb 13 2006.

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cruddy

  • Origin unknown, meaning similar to crummy. Inadequate, lacking, imperfect, insubstantial, unreliable, obsolete, unsatisfactory, etc.
    I bought this cruddy blender and the damn thing had rusting parts.

    Last edited on Mar 07 1999. Submitted by Christopher J. from Metairie, LA, USA on Mar 07 1999.

adjective

  • inadequate or displeasing. Origin: from crud.
    This is the cruddiest game I've ever played.

    Last edited on Jun 04 2010. Submitted by Robbie G. from Stroud, Hampshire, UK on Feb 13 2006.

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cruft

noun - uncountable

  • superfluous source code that has yet to be removed.

    Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

  • in software, layers of poorly written source code that have accumulated over a great length of time.
    There's so much cruft that there's no way we're going to be able to implement that feature on schedule.

    Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

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crufty

adjective

  • of software, poorly built due to the accumulation of code written over a long period of time.
    It works decently, but if you crack it open, you can tell it's pretty crufty.

    Last edited on Nov 08 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

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cruise around

verb

  • to cruise (drive) around.
                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                                           

    Citation from "Might Have Been", Rookie Blue (TV), Season 2 Episode 2 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Oct 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 11 2011.

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cruise for a bruising

verb

  • the person is going to be in trouble.
    You're cruising for a bruising.

    Last edited on Dec 16 2010. Submitted by Isabelle C. from Wavre, Belgium on Jun 08 2002.

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crumb bum

noun

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