fudge

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fudge/fʌʤ/

▶noun

• 1 a soft crumbly or chewy sweet made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.

• 2 [as modifier] chiefly N. Amer. denoting rich chocolate cakes, biscuits, etc.

• 3 an attempt to fudge an issue.

  ■ archaic nonsense.

• 4 a piece of late news inserted in a newspaper page.

▶verb present in a vague or inadequate way, especially to mislead.

■ adjust or manipulate (facts or figures) so as to present a desired picture.

▶exclamation dated used to express disbelief or annoyance.

– origin C17: prob. an alt. of obs. fadge ‘to fit’; the sense in confectionery prob. arose from early verb usage ‘merge together’.