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hackaround

noun

Etymology

Blend of hack + workaround.

  1. inherited from round
  2. inherited from a-
  3. inherited from arounde
  4. compounded as workaround — “work + around”
  5. compounded as hackaround — “hack + workaround”

Definitions

  1. A hacky workaround

    A hacky workaround; an unattractive but expedient solution.

    • Just hafta remember to switch out of the always-on program before turning the Palm off. Or is there a hackaround for this inconvenience?
    • If and when the EWG closes those holes with better language extensions, the library hackarounds can be refined or abandoned.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hackaround. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA