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Hackney Patois

The current speaking style favoured by London's urban yoof is heavily accented as well as typified by slang expressions. Hackney being an area of East London (in which I reside) which has the dubious honour of being the worst borough in Britain repeatedly. Please note that the slang described here is common throughout britian, and is an accent developed often by well spoken people to attain street cred.
The general Hackney Patois comes from a mash up of east london cockney, afro- carribbean, general chavspeak and Hip-Hop slang often attributed to British Asian yoof as popularised by Ali G.

The vocabulary is inextricably linked to cellular phone sms (text) messaging, and online instant messaging, where limited space and speed of texting required abbreviations (m8 - mate, l8r - later, etc.) So much that often the true spelling of words are forgotten. Predictive text messaging has reversed some language - e.g 'book' was used for 'cool' as that was easier to text is now being used in language.
The 'grime' music scene sees Hackney Patois at its core - see artists such as M.I.A and Lady Soverign
as overheard in Hackney patois....
"Put dat down - you iz not gonna get nuffin' "
"She luk at me like dat agen she gonna get sum licks, yea' "
" I dahn't wannit, its got peas in it, innit! "
" ya get me, bruv? "
by GishGish December 24, 2007
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Hackusate

To accuse someone of hacking, typically in a First Person Shooter video game.
Player A: You hack dude, there's now way you could have known I was running up behind you.

Player B: Boots, snow, running. Figure it out and don't hackusate!
by SsurebreC June 22, 2010
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Hackbook Pro

A portable PC "hacked" to run OSX86. A Hackbook is the equivalent of an Apple Macbook, and a Hackbook Pro is the equivalent of an Apple Macbook Pro.
Alex: Dude, I just installed Leopard on my HP laptop! It's like the most awesome Hackbook Pro ever!
Mike: That's freakin' rad, too bad your WiFi and sound doesn't work though...
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tengo hacking

Commonly known as hacking and having a small penis on Phantom Forces.
Person 1: "Did you see that faggot tengo hacking on Phantom Forces?"
Person 2: "Yeah, lets votekick that loser"
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Crazy Russian Hacker

The purest human being ever. Makes reviews of kitchen gadgects, keeps bees, showed us how to peel an egg the Яцssiаи way and let his dogs walk him once
“Yo have you seen Crazy Russian Hacker’s new video?”
“Nah why”
“Yoo he tests more gadjecgs”
“Yooo”
by hugh chungus March 22, 2018
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Hackshow

To be hack is to be bad at the thing you do best, or something you like to do. You fail at it. Being a hackshow is essentialy putting on a show of failure. Trying, and trying again to do something right, without any progress.
Bob: What is that, like, your twentieth try at trying to hit the ball with your racket?

Fred(trying desparetly to hit the ball): Yeah, but i think im going to get it soon!

Bob: GIVE IT UP YOU HACKSHOW.
by sex-c-latino September 23, 2009
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Gene Hackman

A term for a man's genitalia. Comes from the movie "The Package" in which Gene Hackman received an academy award.
She thoroughly enjoyed Gene Hackman last night.
by kristyphenee January 18, 2010
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