crudity

n 1: a natural or unrefined state [syn: {crudeness}, {primitiveness},

{primitivism}, {rudeness}]

2: an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or

refinement; "the whole town was famous for its crudeness"

[syn: {crudeness}, {gaucheness}]

crufty

/kruhf'tee/ [Possibly from "crusty"] 1. Poorly built, possibly

over-complex. The {canonical} example is "This is standard

old crufty {DEC} software". In fact, one fanciful theory of

the origin of "crufty" holds that it was originally a mutation

of "crusty" applied to DEC software so old that the "s"

characters were tall and skinny, looking more like "f"

characters.

2. (Sometimes spelled "cruftie") A small crufty object (see

{frob}); often one that doesn't fit well into the scheme of

things. "A {Lisp} {property list} is a good place to store

crufties (or, collectively, {random} cruft)."

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