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To '''hack''' means to chop roughly. | To '''hack''' means to chop roughly. | ||
| − | '''Hack''' is also a slang term for a low-grade, unprincipled person. This usage is taken from an earlier usage in which a hack was a hired [[horse]]. Such animals were normally of poor quality. | + | '''Hack''' is also a slang term for a low-grade, unprincipled person, often a writer or journalist. This usage is taken from an earlier usage in which a hack was a hired [[horse]]. Such animals were normally of poor quality. |
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Revision as of 19:52, October 19, 2008
To hack means to chop roughly.
Hack is also a slang term for a low-grade, unprincipled person, often a writer or journalist. This usage is taken from an earlier usage in which a hack was a hired horse. Such animals were normally of poor quality.