German edit

Etymology edit

Derived from the German verb würgen and the English word workaround.

Noun edit

Würgaround m (strong, genitive Würgarounds, plural Würgarounds)

  1. (colloquial) a workaround, specifically a complicated or undesirable one.
    • 2004, Dieter Dahmen, “100% CPU-Last nach Sicherheitsupdates”, in microsoft.public.de.german.win2000.sonstiges (Usenet):
      Ich denke noch darüber nach, ob ich den Würgaround verwende.
      I'm still thinking about whether to use the workaround.

Declension edit