Theresa O’Connor

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farpotshket (yi: פאַרפּאָשקע), adj.: completely ruined as a result of attempts to fix a minor imperfec­tion. (Jewish English Lexicon) This word doesn't just describe something that is broken, but some­thing that is broken specifically because someone else tried to fix it, making it worse. It is used most commonly today to describe software engineering projects. (Yiddish Slang Dictionary)

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