May 15, 2003

diddle

1. vt. To work with or modify in a not-particularly-serious manner. I diddled a copy of ADVENT so it didn't double-space all the time. Let's diddle this piece of code and see if the problem goes away. See tweak and twiddle.

2. n. The action or result of diddling.

See also tweak, twiddle, frob.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:51 AM

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