quick-and-dirty

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Here’s the quick-and-dirty on how to start practicing critical ignoring in the year ahead:

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

If you need the quick-and-dirty on Big Tech's preeminent New Right libertarian — and without a doubt the leading gay conservative of our time — look no further.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2023

In a sense, the use of commonplace properties when details are missing is a type of heuristic — it is a quick-and-dirty strategy that will often work well but sometimes fail.

From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2021

They are steeped in hip-hop production and the quick-and-dirty aesthetics of the viral internet.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2020

A temporary addition to a piece of code, usually as a quick-and-dirty remedy to an existing bug or misfeature.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.