Definitions
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- adjective computing, informal Resembling or characteristic of a
hacker (technically skilled computer enthusiast). - adjective computing, informal Resembling or characteristic of a
hacker (malicious user who breaks into computer systems).
Etymologies
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Examples
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I truly believed that even in the biggest and most-corporate security company there are people with hackerish instincts, people who will do the right thing and blow the whistle.
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I truly believed that even in the biggest and most-corporate security company there are people with hackerish instincts, people who will do the right thing and blow the whistle.
November 18th, 2005 curufea 2005
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I truly believed that even in the biggest and most-corporate security company there are people with hackerish instincts, people who will do the right thing and blow the whistle.
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Of course, hackers have been running Linux on the PS2 for ages, but here's an example of a company that is capitalizing on the efforts of its hackerish userbase.
Boing Boing: October 21, 2001 - October 27, 2001 Archives 2001
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Hosting your site in your sketchy friend's basement might seem like a great way to save a hundred and twenty bucks a year, as well as making you feel all edgy and hackerish, but when your sketchy friend doesn't pay his electric bill and gets cut off your site goes down.
Boston IMC Lucy 2010
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Hosting your site in your sketchy friend's basement might seem like a great way to save a hundred and twenty bucks a year, as well as making you feel all edgy and hackerish, but when your sketchy friend doesn't pay his electric bill and gets cut off your site goes down.
Boston IMC Lucy 2010
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My guess is that hitters are generally a little bit more hackerish up there in spring games.
McCovey Chronicles 2009
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Cal: This is sort of the height of unnecessary life hackerish geekdom, but I'll explain: all of my mail gets filtered into one label or the other, so my "inbox" is always empty.
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Cal: This is sort of the height of unnecessary life hackerish geekdom, but I'll explain: all of my mail gets filtered into one label or the other, so my "inbox" is always empty.
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Cal: This is sort of the height of unnecessary life hackerish geekdom, but I'll explain: all of my mail gets filtered into one label or the other, so my "inbox" is always empty.
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