APAD: quick and dirty

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"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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Knew it but not the game (never good @any games:-). Think of -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 01/15/2026 postreply 09:01:35

Dad's Q&D cleaning method, always bring smile 2 my face ~~ -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 01/15/2026 postreply 09:04:04

Just saw 摄坛snow pics,hope not 2 heavy 2 shovel & roads r ok? -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 01/15/2026 postreply 09:09:11

What Canadians excel at -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 01/15/2026 postreply 13:19:00

Yep, in the great white north :-)) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 01/15/2026 postreply 14:25:26

"chapel" works too. -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 01/15/2026 postreply 15:07:30

hmm? -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 01/15/2026 postreply 15:18:02

that quick-and-dirty card game. -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 01/15/2026 postreply 17:59:17

Oh,got it & Thx (guess I'm a fool when it comes to games :-) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 01/15/2026 postreply 18:10:06

dirty question, blasphemous answer, -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 01/15/2026 postreply 19:04:10

vicious instigation -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 01/15/2026 postreply 19:13:40

When we ran out of time, we have to do a quick and dirty job -JoyAnna.- 给 JoyAnna. 发送悄悄话 JoyAnna. 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 01/15/2026 postreply 18:00:02

a very effective strategy for urgent matters -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 01/15/2026 postreply 19:10:10

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