SQUUDGE

A solution that only barely, only questionably, solves a problem or answers a question. verb - to offer a solution that only poorly addresses a problem other forms - squudgy (adj), squudgily (adv), squudginess (n) Example: Enron's defense of its accounting practices is a squudge because it stretches the rules to their limit. Bill Clinton squudged his account of his friendship with Monica Lewinsky.