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h8 
noun
- "hate".
Say no to H8.
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Last edited on Apr 20 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 20 2013.
verb - ambitransitive
- to "hate".
I h8 you.
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Last edited on Apr 20 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 20 2013.
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h8t 
noun - uncountable
- "hate".
He's full of h8t.
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Last edited on Apr 20 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 20 2013.
verb - ambitransitive
- to "hate".
I h8t this pair of shoes.
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Last edited on Apr 20 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 20 2013.
notes
- Also h8.
Last edited on Apr 20 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 20 2013.
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hack 
noun
- an untalented professional.
He's just some consulting hack.
I love my husband, but he's a hack.
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Last edited on Apr 23 2013. Submitted by Ed from Melbourne, VIC, Australia on Nov 10 1999.
- a cough.
That's quite a hack you've got there.
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Last edited on Mar 23 2002. Submitted by Amie on Mar 23 2002.
- an untalented golfer.
He is not a good golfer, he is a hack.
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Last edited on Aug 19 2002. Submitted by George G. from Târgovişte, Romania on Aug 19 2002.
- a quick solution that solves a problem, but does not solve it particularly well, or in a particularly good way.
Yeah, it's working now, but I just did a hack.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- a prank or practical joke. Popularized at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT.)
Last edited on Oct 21 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 11 2010.
- an unlicensed taxicab driver.
Last edited on Nov 07 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 07 2011.
verb - ambitransitive
- to work on a computer programming or computer software problem.
Person A: What have you been up to?
Person B: Just hasking Haskell.I'm going to hack for a bit then get something to eat.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
verb - intransitive
- to play with a Hacky Sack (footbag.)
You got the Hackysack? Let's go hack.
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Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 13 1998.
- to cough.
Don't hack all over the place - cover your mouth!
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Last edited on Oct 21 2010. Submitted by Amie on Mar 23 2002.
- to explore the problem-solving capabilities of a computer and its software.
I didn't get a lot accomplished this weekend. Just did some hacking.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- to operate an unlicensed taxicab.
Last edited on Nov 07 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 07 2011.
verb - transitive
- to withstand.
I can't hack this.
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Last edited on Dec 16 2010. Submitted by Nimesh P. from UK on Feb 05 2002.
- to use a particular computing technology.
I haven't hacked Lisp in a few years.
Last edited on Oct 21 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 11 2010.
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hacked up 
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.
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hacker
noun
- while "hacker" originally had positive connotations, it has since come to refer to individuals who sometimes use computers with malicious intent. For example, a person who breaks into computers that they do not have official access to.
Citation from "Reeling in the hackers", The Irish Times, Karlin Lillington, February 19 2010 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from Communications of the ACM, Volume 27 (1984) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by Charles B. from Westminster, CO, USA on Jun 16 1999.
- an expert or enthusiast of any kind, provided it involves hands-on work.
She calls herself a "culinary hacker."
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 14 2009.
- a person who is very good at programming.
Citation from Communications of the ACM, Volume 27 (1984) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- a person who enjoys exploring computers, making them work better than ever before, and making them solve problems that they've never solved before.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- a person who enjoys creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations.
He's a pretty good padlock hacker.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- a person who is an expert at a particular computer program or computing technology.
You should ask Tim. He's a real MATLAB hacker.
I'm trying to become a well-known C++ hacker.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- a person who frequently does work on a computer, using a particular computer program.
He's a Unix hacker.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 15 2009.
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hackish 
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.
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hack on
verb
- to work on a pre-existing problem, program, or piece of source code. Compare with hack up.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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hacktivism 
noun - uncountable
- activism via hacking.
Citation from "Is Anonymous Less Anonymous Now?", MIT Technology Review, May 16 2011 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on May 20 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 20 2011.
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hack together
verb - transitive
- to hack, with the result being something quickly and sloppily created, or modified to solve a particular problem.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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hack up
verb - transitive
- to hack, with the result being something quickly and sloppily created, or modified to solve a particular problem.
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Last edited on Nov 10 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- to cut up or chop up.
The serial killer hacked up the sheriff at the end of the movie.
Last edited on Aug 02 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 02 2010.
- to cough up.
Last edited on Jan 24 2012. Submitted by Rudy from Hartford, CT, USA on Jan 24 2012.
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