• Hackery

    Origin 1

    Hindi

    Full definition of hackery

    Noun

    hackery

    (plural hackeries)
    1. (obsolete) A two-wheeled cart used in Asia.

    Origin 2

    hack + -ery, in sense 1 related to hack ("a bad writer").

    Noun

    hackery

    1. (slang, chiefly pejorative) Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
    2. (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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