hacked up
Sufficiently {patched}, {kluge}d, and
{tweaked} that the surgical scars are beginning to crowd out
normal tissue (compare {critical mass}). Not all programs
that are hacked become "hacked up"; if modifications are done
with some eye to coherence and continued maintainability, the
software may emerge better for the experience.
Contrast {hack up}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1996-08-26)