"Quick and dirty" describes a fast, expedient, but often temporary or imperfect solution, method, or result that prioritizes speed over quality, precision, or long-term reliability, serving a functional purpose until a better alternative can be developed. It implies something hastily done, possibly messy, but effective for immediate needs, like a "quick-and-dirty" market analysis for a meeting.
Etymology
The Oxford English Dictionary shows the first usage of this phrase in 1896 in the Boston Globe to describe a place to eat. The first use meaning "slipshod" was from 1939 in the gun-slinging, American Western fiction paperback, "Bounty Guns" by Luke Short.
Quick And Dirty, A game for 2+ to 20 players.
How to play?
An offensively fun party game for quick wits and dirty minds. Players rush to be first to yell out an answer that fits the category starting with a given letter.
If a card is drawn with "Bad time for a boner" starting with "C"..., The first player yelled out "Church!", is the winner
