hackery
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hackery (plural hackeries)
Etymology 2[edit]
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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