hackery meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

hackery

noun

Etymology Uncertain. Variously derived from corruption of hackney (“cheap carriage for hire”), from Hindi चक्र (cakra, “wheel”) under influence from -ery, and from Gujarati ચક્રો (cakro, “ox-cart, rickshaw”), the latter two both from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, disc, cycle”).

India A two-wheeled oxcart used for transporting freight.

Hackeries and carriages, loaded and empty, 8 annas.1864, The Regulations of the Bengal Code in Force in September 1862, page 1019:

India, Sri Lanka A two-wheeled ox- or horsecart used for transporting people.

Synonyms: chakra
Hypernyms: oxcart

hackery

noun

Etymology From hack + -ery. In its computing sense, from Middle English hakken (“to cut violently or coarsely”) etc., q.v. In its pejorative sense, from hackney (“cheap carriage for hire”).

Derogatory, Slang Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Slang The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).

All without any of the subterfuge and hackery required to do it with Java.2012, Seymour Bosworth, M. E. Kabay, Eric Whyne, Computer Security Handbook, page 57:

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