Browsing page 6 of words meaning bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing (117 words total)

adjective

• a system that was created by hacking it up over time. Note that creating a system by hacking it is different than creating a system by hacking it up.
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  Last edited on Nov 10 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

adjective

• a hack or involving a hack. (Both in the "poor solution" sense.)

  My solution is kind of hackish, but it will work for now.

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  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

adjective

• of poor quality, displeasing.

  That movie was hoopty!

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  Last edited on Jul 30 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 16 1997.

noun

• an unattractive (e.g. rusted, dented,) undependable, old automobile.

  I had to ride in my friend's hoopty.

  Is that your hoopty parked out front?

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  Last edited on Jul 30 2012. Submitted by Philina Blapan from St Marys, GA, USA on Jan 28 1998.

• Something so ugly or broken down that you are embarrassed to be seen near it.
  
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  Last edited on Jul 30 2012. Submitted by ejfudd1953 from Redding, CA 96003, USA on May 22 2012.

notes

• Also spelled "hooptie", "hoopdee".

  Last edited on Jul 30 2012. Submitted by Philina Blapan from St Marys, GA, USA on Jan 28 1998.

adjective

• excited.

  The whole school was hype over the Homecoming game.

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  Last edited on Nov 04 1999. Submitted by Brooke B. from Illinois, USA on Nov 04 1999.

• neat, good, exciting, etc.; "cool".

  That car is hype!

  Your beats are hype!

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  Last edited on May 13 2013. Submitted by Lesley from Ashburn, VA, USA on Nov 30 2001.

noun

• anticipatory excitement, especially when the actual thing doesn't turn out to be as good as expected.

  That party was all hype.

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  Last edited on Mar 21 2002. Submitted by Vanessa G. from Wading River, NY, USA on Mar 21 2002.

• excitement, talk.

  What's all the hype about this party?

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  Last edited on Nov 18 2002. Submitted by Shawna B. from Fall City, WA, USA on Nov 18 2002.

adjective

• injured.

  He got into a fight and got all jacked up.

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  Last edited on Oct 27 1997. Submitted by Karl Bartolome on Oct 27 1997.

• broken or ruined.

  His car is all jacked up.

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  Last edited on Oct 27 1997. Submitted by Karl Bartolome on Oct 27 1997.

• displeasing, rude, not proper, etc.

  What you did to her was jacked up.

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  Last edited on Oct 27 1997. Submitted by Karl Bartolome on Oct 27 1997.

• abnormal, when describing a person.

  That person is all jacked up.

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  Last edited on Feb 11 2002. Submitted by steven from Atlanta, GA, USA on Feb 11 2002.

• in a generally poor condition.

  He must have had fifteen beers. He's all jacked up!

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  Last edited on May 24 2006. Submitted by Starr, C. on May 24 2006.

• under the influence of stimulants.

  She's jacked up on amphetamines.

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  Last edited on Apr 04 2009. Submitted by Kimi R. from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Apr 04 2009.

verb - intransitive

• when a TV series passes its peak. Once a show has "jumped the shark," the viewer senses a noticeable decline in quality or feels the show has undergone too many changes to retain its original charm.

  When Sanjaya was on American Idol, ticket sales went way down. I think the show has jumped the shark.

  The TV show jumped the shark once they got married.

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  Last edited on Jan 21 2002. Submitted by dave p. from Chicago, IL, USA on Jan 21 2002.

notes

• The origin of this term is an episode of the television series Happy Days in which a character jumps over a shark while on water skis.

  Last edited on Jan 21 2002. Submitted by dave p. from Chicago, IL, USA on Jan 21 2002.