Associations to the word «Hackery»

Wiktionary

HACKERY, noun. (obsolete) A two-wheeled cart used in Asia.
HACKERY, noun. (slang) (chiefly pejorative) Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
HACKERY, noun. (slang) (computing) The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats