mandelbug = M = mangle

manged /mahnjd/ n.

[probably from the French `manger' or Italian `mangiare', to eat; perhaps influenced by English `mange', `mangy'] adj. Refers to anything that is mangled or damaged, usually beyond repair. "The disk was manged after the electrical storm." Compare mung.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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