munge
/mʌnd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner, as for example when data wrangling requires nonsystemic or nonsystematic edits.
Informal; Transitive verb
verb
To corrupt a record about a person by erroneously merging in information about another person.
Informal; Transitive verb
verb
Alternative form of mounge.
Example Sentences
- "As a part of the code review with the development team, notify them that you want to have these options as a part of the installation script, rather than you munging the installation scripts during deployment."
- "Munging is effective — it prevents unwanted email from reaching you by keeping your real email address out of the clutches of the address-harvesting programs."
- "It looks like this record is munged—it has this person’s birth date, but his father’s death date."