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hack job

1. A procedure or operation performed by someone with inadequate skill or knowlege of the subject.

2. Something done shoddily or ineptly.

3. A crude and improvised or temporary solution to a problem, designed to be more functional and timely than precise, durable or of good quality.

4. Something done with little forethought, organization, planning or precision.

5. A useless, inept or sloppy person.
1. "I had no fucking idea what I was doing; it was a total hack job."

2. "I told my brother to clean the bathroom, but it still looks like hell. Man, he did such a hack job."

3. "I got the radiator working for now, but it won't last long; it's just a hack job."

4. "Your paper sucks, man, you can tell it's just a hack job."

5. "Joel's such a fucking hack job; he couldn't even get his shit together in time for the party."
by The J-Spot January 14, 2005
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Ghetto hack

The art of making or improving something without the aid of proper tools or equipment.

See also ghetto code
I turned my old xbox controller into a pc joypad, but couldn't solder the wires, so I ghetto hacked them with some sticky tape.
by Dragonish September 9, 2010
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indie hacker

Someone who builds products (usually software) on their own, without taking on VC funding.
“Have you seen the new Email marketing software Julie just launched? She bootstrapped it over three years. I’m glad to see Indie Hackers like her succeeding!”
by dawas September 7, 2019
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hackfraud

A self-proclaimed expert on a subject he/she has absolutely no idea about, yet uses an unsuspecting and gullible paying customer for shit-tons of their money while doing nothing but drinking beer and contemplating nonsense, justifying the insane amount of time it takes him/her to fix something that should be a matter of minutes with the complicated procurement of spare parts.

Hackfrauds can be found in all layers of society causing major delays in construction projects and ridiculous dimensions of public spending - tax payer money that might as well have been flushed down the toilet.
The hackfrauds who screwed up the Berlin Airport were never held accountable.

Plinkett got milked by these hackfrauds for more than ten years.
by wt137 March 7, 2020
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hack it

informal

To proceed or continue on an arduous task
" I heard jim could barely walk after that fight last night"

" Yea, we all thought he would make it through in one piece, but he couldn't hack it"
by TheStank September 12, 2016
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hacker

gets clapped omg dude he is a hacker omg what a loser
by pokeboi1112 March 11, 2021
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Vinnie Hacker

aka Vincent Cole Hacker, aka vending machine, aka vinegar, aka vinnie the pooh
THE hottest man alive (besides ryan reynolds) with a great personality and a great head of natural curly hair and great genes by his parents.

A literal statue of a greek god.

Random girls get very defensive when he is seen with another female homo sapiens on any social platform for no reason.
Vinnie Hacker: *breathes* / *posts a picture of his hand*
Simp: *dies*
by simp12321 January 4, 2021
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