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hackish: /hak'ish/ adj. (also {hackishness} n.) 1. Said of something that is or involves a hack.
2. Of or pertaining to hackers or the hacker subculture....
hackishness: n. The quality of being or involving a hack.
This term is considered mildly silly. Syn. {hackitude}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
Hackito ergo sum.
hackitude: n. Syn. {hackishness}; this word is considered sillier. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Hacko ergo sum.
hack on: vt. To {hack}; implies that the subject is some pre-existing hunk of code that one is evolving, as opposed to something one might {hack up}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
hack together: vt. To throw something together so it will work.
Unlike `kluge together' or {cruft together}, this does not necessarily have negative connotations....
hack up: vt. To {hack}, but generally implies that the result is a hack in sense 1 (a quick hack).
Contrast this with {hack on}. To `hack up on' implies a {quick-and-dirty} modification to an ...
hack value: n. Often adduced as the reason or motivation for expending effort toward a seemingly useless goal, the point being that the accomplished goal is a hack.
For example, MacLISP had ...
Had all his hairs been lives, my great revenge Had stomach for them all.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Othello -- Act v, Sc. 2...

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