hackery
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Etymology 1
[edit]From Hindi [Term?].
Noun
[edit]hackery (plural hackeries)
- (obsolete) A two-wheeled cart used in Asia.
- 1864, The Regulations of the Bengal Code in Force in September 1862, page 1019:
- Hackeries and carriages, loaded and empty, 8 annas.
Etymology 2
[edit]From hack + -ery, in sense 1 related to hack (“a bad writer”).
Noun
[edit]hackery (uncountable)
- (slang, chiefly derogatory) Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
- (slang, computing) The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).
- 2012, Seymour Bosworth, M. E. Kabay, Eric Whyne, Computer Security Handbook, page 57:
- All without any of the subterfuge and hackery required to do it with Java.
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