tiddley

adj : slang for `drunk' [syn: {besotted}, {blind}, {blind drunk},

{blotto}, {crocked}, {fuddled}, {loaded}, {pissed}, {pixilated},

{plastered}, {potty}, {slopped}, {sloshed}, {smashed},

{soaked}, {soused}, {sozzled}, {squiffy}, {stiff}, {tiddly},

{tight}, {tipsy}, {wet}]

diddle

1. 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. The action or result of diddling.

See also {tweak}, {twiddle}, {frob}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-01-31)