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Ever call someone a "hack"? What did you mean by that?

Posted - December 8, 2018
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  • 113301
    Hi there Merlin! What about those who write for trashy publications like The National Enquirer? Are they hacks? I've heard of hackers. They destroy so they aren't the best of people. Thank you for your reply and Happy Sunday! :)
      December 9, 2018 4:16 AM MST
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  • 2658
    How is that foot going my friend?  Hope you're getting out and about again normally...  TakeCare:):)
      December 9, 2018 11:52 AM MST
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  • 68
    Yes, but in negative way not complimentary. Short cut taker, quick but not well peperformed task... I'm old though. Now all cool shortcuts, tricks or handy innovative solutions are Hacks... 
      December 9, 2018 6:24 AM MST
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  • 16794
    A friend of mine enjoys golf, but he's lousy at it. All of his friends, including me, have nicknamed him "Hack" or "Hacker", because that's how he spends his weekends - hacking.
      December 9, 2018 7:49 AM MST
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  • 113301
    Oh. I thought that was a "duffer" Sbf. I finally looked up "hack" and it says it is someone who does what he does for the money. I suppose National Enquirer writers are hacks. I don't know if those writers who write tons and tons of books about romance or mystery are hacks. I think writing a MASTERPIECE takes a very long time and you do not crank them out like sausages made of mystery meat in the multiples every year. Thank you for your reply! :)
      December 10, 2018 7:14 AM MST
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  • 6098
    No never. Didn't that come from "hackney" meaning taxicab drivers?  "Hacks" were once cab drivers. 
      December 10, 2018 6:45 AM MST
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  • 46117
    LOL It just doesn't have the same effect.  Like "you are a cabdriver" when someone is trying to denounce some work you have done.
      December 10, 2018 11:08 AM MST
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  • 46117
    It's like my granpa from Italy used to say when someone performed shoddy work.  He said, "that's a shoemaker job.  He did a shoemaker job on that."  

    Meaning, no offense to an actual shoemaker, but a shoemaker has no business being a hairdresser.

    So a hack is someone who does unprofessional, shoddy work.

    And while I have met many, many hacks, sometimes on a daily basis, I have yet to use that particular term.  
      December 10, 2018 11:06 AM MST
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