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hackery¹

Where it comes from

Uncertain. 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”).

noun hackeries

  1. India A two-wheeled oxcart used for transporting freight. Hackeries and carriages, loaded and empty, 8 annas.
  2. India, Sri Lanka A two-wheeled ox- or horsecart used for transporting people.

Similar: chakra

hackery²

Where it comes from

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”).

noun

  1. derogatory, slang, uncountable Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
  2. slang, uncountable The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques). All without any of the subterfuge and hackery required to do it with Java.

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Similar: chakra

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@misc{hackery_2026,
  title = {hackery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hackery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}