hackery

Meaning

Noun

  • A two-wheeled cart used in Asia.
  • Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
  • The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).

Origin

  • Hindi
  • hack + -ery, in sense 1 related to hack.

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