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Hacky vs Shacky - What's the difference?

hacky | shacky |

As adjectives the difference between hacky and shacky

is that hacky is like a hack; amateurish while shacky is run-down, like a shack.

hacky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Like a hack; amateurish.
  • (Geordie) Filthy or totally dirty.
  • (computing, informal) Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
  • (colloquial) Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.
    • A hacky''' cough. A '''hacky''' laugh. A '''hacky''' breath. A '''hacky howl.

    Derived terms

    * hackily

    Related terms

    * dirty (Standard English ) * dorty (Geordie) * hacky dorty (Geordie) * unclean (Standard English )

    References

    * * * * “ hacky” at Wordnik (Forwards to “hacking”, where “hacky” is listed.)

    shacky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • run-down, like a shack
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 2, author=, title=Opening in September, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The décor will have “a shacky look,” Mr. Abrams said, and the menu will have seaside and raw bar specialties: 79 Macdougal Street (Bleecker Street), (212) 260-0100. }}