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Meaning of crufty in English:

crufty

adjective

slang Computing

  • Of software: poorly designed, especially unnecessarily or unintentionally complex; containing redundant code.

Origin

1980s; earliest use found in CoEvolution Quarterly. Apparently from cruft + -y see discussion at cruft.

Pronunciation

crufty

/ˈkrʌfti/