hackery

== English == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== hackery (plural hackeries) (India) A two-wheeled oxcart used for transporting freight. (India, Sri Lanka) A two-wheeled ox- or horsecart used for transporting people. ===== Synonyms ===== chakra ===== Hypernyms ===== oxcart === Etymology 2 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== hackery (uncountable) (slang, chiefly derogatory) Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction. (slang, computing) The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques). === References === “hackery, n1.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn, "Glossary", The Forests and Gardens of South India.