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APAD: quick and dirty

移花接木 2026-01-15 08:56:33 ( reads)


"Quick and dirty" describes a fast, expedient, but often temporary or imperfect solution, method, or result that prioritizes speed over quality, precision, or long-term reliability, serving a functional purpose until a better alternative can be developed. It implies something hastily done, possibly messy, but effective for immediate needs, like a "quick-and-dirty" market analysis for a meeting.

Etymology

The Oxford English Dictionary shows the first usage of this phrase in 1896 in the Boston Globe to describe a place to eat. The first use meaning "slipshod" was from 1939 in the gun-slinging, American Western fiction paperback, "Bounty Guns" by Luke Short.

Quick And Dirty, A game for 2+ to 20 players.
How to play?

 An offensively fun party game for quick wits and dirty minds. Players rush to be first to yell out an answer that fits the category starting with a given letter.

If a card is drawn with "Bad time for a boner" starting with "C"..., The first player yelled out "Church!", is the winner 

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最西边的岛上

2026-01-15 09:01:35

Knew it but not the game (never good @any games:-). Think of

最西边的岛上

2026-01-15 09:04:04

Dad's Q&D cleaning method, always bring smile 2 my face ~~

最西边的岛上

2026-01-15 09:09:11

Just saw 摄坛snow pics,hope not 2 heavy 2 shovel & roads r ok?

移花接木

2026-01-15 13:19:00

What Canadians excel at

最西边的岛上

2026-01-15 14:25:26

Yep, in the great white north :-))

7grizzly

2026-01-15 15:07:30

"chapel" works too.

最西边的岛上

2026-01-15 15:18:02

hmm?

7grizzly

2026-01-15 17:59:17

that quick-and-dirty card game.

最西边的岛上

2026-01-15 18:10:06

Oh,got it & Thx (guess I'm a fool when it comes to games :-)

移花接木

2026-01-15 19:04:10

dirty question, blasphemous answer,

移花接木

2026-01-15 19:13:40

vicious instigation

JoyAnna.

2026-01-15 18:00:02

When we ran out of time, we have to do a quick and dirty job

移花接木

2026-01-15 19:10:10

a very effective strategy for urgent matters