soft hack

To hack a low security computer system, or similar device, often for the purpose of humor and/or annoyance.

Man, I just soft hacked the server at work, and now all the monitors on our floor have a picture of the boss in a speedo on them!

by Person777 May 2, 2008

Party Hack

Someone who blindly agrees with and supports their political party simply because of their refusal to accept that they themselves may have been misled and/or are wrong on major social issues. See also, listing for HYS.

There's no use trying to convince him otherwise, he votes the straight party ticket. HYS is a party hack. End of discussion.

by craptastical cranium May 28, 2009

hackeress

Lady hacker, as you can call..

Mellisa is a Hackeress..

by tecgaty August 14, 2007

Nice hack

Gaming slang used on multiplayer when another player (specially of the enemy team) does something incredible/hacking-suspicious. Often overused by FPS noobs which get owned everytime.

Nice hack! You just humiliated me with your skill but saying bullshit makes me look like a competitive player.

by Rodkor July 5, 2012

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

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

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