bodges

Makes slapdash fixes

Bodges is the plural of bodge and the third-person singular verb form.

To bodge is to repair or construct something clumsily or hastily—a makeshift fix rather than a proper solution: He bodges together old parts to keep the car running.

The noun bodge is such a repair.

Primarily British, roughly equivalent to American "botch," though bodge sometimes carries more affection for improvised ingenuity.

bungling

messes up

Errs in execution

flubs · mangles · mishandles · ruins · spoils · fouls up · screws up · blunders · goofs · cocks up

repair

patches

Pieces sewn over holes

rigs · makeshift · jury-rigs · improvises · tinkers · kludges · hacks · makes do · repairs · patches up

Opposites
quality of workmanship

bodgesperfects

Makes without fault

masters · polishes · refines · hones · fine-tunes

approach to problem-solving

bodgesengineers

Technical problem solvers

Phrases
Family

bodge, bodged, bodger, bodgers

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