To needlessly complicate the solution to a problem, resulting in varying degrees of success. Culvinizing a situation can result in a brilliant, straightforward and simple solution. Likewise, it can result in a convoluted, messy duct-tape-and-baling-wire hack that will eventually
fail in catastrophic
fashion. Culvinization is heavily dependent upon the context of a situation -- it can be both good and
bad.
"Man, that Angular Directive sure is Culvinized"
"A
couple of 2X4s and some epoxy... I Culvinized it."
"Roll up your sleeves, boys, it'
s time to Culvinize this
thing"