hackery
A two-wheeled oxcart used for transporting freightA two-wheeled oxcart used for transporting freight.
Значення
значень: 4(Індія)A two-wheeled oxcart used for transporting freight.
(Індія, Sri Lanka)A two-wheeled ox- or horsecart used for transporting people.
(зневажливе, сленг, незлічуване)Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
(сленг, незлічуване)The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).
Походження
Uncertain. Variously derived from corruption of hackney (“cheap carriage for hire”), fromUncertain. 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”).
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”).
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