Megahack

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A writer who is very much a hack.

    "And at the end of Journey, megahack James A. Michener saw fit to include an epilogue entitled “Reflections,” a masterpiece of self-delusion."

  2. 2
    A massive hack of a computer system.

    "The megahack is widely considered to have been initiated by North Korea, upset at the portrayal of Kim Jong-un in Sony’s then-imminent comedy The Interview."

  3. 3
    A large-scale hack, or facility for releasing juvenile raptors.

    "As for our current bald eagle restoration plan, hacking continued during 1986 with the release of 16 eagles at our megahack facility near Albany."

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"And at the end of Journey, megahack James A. Michener saw fit to include an epilogue entitled “Reflections,” a masterpiece of self-delusion."

Etymology

From mega- + hack.

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