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slang | hackish |

As a verb slang

is .

As an adjective hackish is

characteristic of hacks, or inferior writers.

slang

English

(wikipedia slang)

Etymology 1

1756, .

Noun

  • Language outside of conventional usage.
  • Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
  • The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant.
  • *
    • "Oh, there are so many superior teas and sugars now. Superior is getting to be shopkeepers' slang ."
    "Are you beginning to dislike slang , then?" said Rosamond, with mild gravity.
    "Only the wrong sort. All choice of words is slang . It marks a class."
    "There is correct English: that is not slang ."
    "I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang' of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest '''slang''' of all is the ' slang of poets."
    Synonyms
    * (jargon) vernacular, jargon, lingo, dialect, cant

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at.
  • * 1888', Also, he had to keep his temper when he was '''slanged in the theatre porch by a policeman — Rudyard Kipling, ‘Miss Youghal's ''Sais''’, ''Plain Tales from the Hills (Folio Society 2007, p. 26)
    • See also
    *

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (sling)
  • * 1836 , Edward Bagnall, Saul and David
    • Before he slang the all-deciding stone

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
    • (Holland)

    Etymology 4

    Compare sling.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.

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    hackish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characteristic of hacks, or inferior writers.
  • (computing, informal) Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
  • * 2003 , Erik T Ray, Learning XML?
    • A hackish solution is to use code switching, a technique of replacing a byte with a sequence of bytes headed by a special control character.
  • * 2006 , Bruce Perry, Ajax hacks?
    • The first two hacks in this chapter provide, well, hackish solutions to that conundrum.
  • (computing, informal) Characteristic of hackers, especially slang; e. g., hackish humor .

    • Synonyms

    * hacky

    Related terms

    * hackishly