Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner, as for example when data wrangling requires nonsystemic or nonsystematic edits. · To add a spamblock to (an email address). · To corrupt a record about a person by erroneously merging in information about another person.
Variant of mung; likely a misconstructed back-formation from munging, munged or munger.
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