hackery

British  

/ ˈhækərɪ /

noun

1. ironic journalism; hackwork

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Example Sentences

“The You You Are” is self-help hackery rife with fool’s gold like, “A society with festering workers cannot flourish, just as a man with rotting toes cannot skip” encrusting bumper sticker calls for rebellion.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025

The same incentive exists for all sorts of hackery.

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2024

The Brit takes on corruption, desperation and hackery with impeccable timing and a feather-light coup de grâce.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

Lucien’s love for her is the only pure thing about him — that and the faith in literature that occasionally flickers amid the hackery.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022

Its produce varies according to the size of the luggie, the fertility of the soil, and accidents of season; eight to ten hackery loads, however, is generally considered a good average return.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.