funky

Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange,

klugey way. It does the job and would be difficult to

change, so its obvious non-optimality is left alone. Often

used to describe interfaces. The more bugs something has that

nobody has bothered to fix because workarounds are easier, the

funkier it is. TECO and UUCP are funky. The Intel

i860's exception handling is extraordinarily funky. Most

standards acquire funkiness as they age. "The new mailer is

installed, but is still somewhat funky; if it bounces your

mail for no reason, try resubmitting it." "This UART is

pretty funky. The data ready line is active-high in interrupt

mode and active-low in DMA mode."

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