munge.
To transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner, as for example when data wrangling requires nonsystemic or nonsystematic edits.
Meaning & usage
To transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner, as for example when data wrangling requires nonsystemic or nonsystematic edits.
To add a spamblock to (an email address).
To corrupt a record about a person by erroneously merging in information about another person.
It looks like this record is munged—it has this person’s birth date, but his father’s death date.
Where this word comes from
Variant of mung; likely a misconstructed back-formation from munging, munged or munger.
Alternative form of mounge.
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