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Hacks.

Xen.Xen. Posts: 81
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I'm very sorry if this has  been mooted before, (and I might have joined in then) - but "hacks"?.  I mean, really.  
Who on Earth thought that "hacks" was a good word for anything other than axe usage?
I am really tired of the drivel spouted these days - msn being particular culprits.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hmm 🤔  … I’ve hacked back plenty of brambles and blackthorn in my time … 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • RoddersUKRoddersUK Posts: 537
    I like the word for what's it's for, hacking back plants as mentioned above.

    I hate it for reference to 'life hacks'
  • Xen.Xen. Posts: 81
    Precisely!  That's what people do, isn't it? 
    "Hacks" nowadays seems to be so frequently used to explain how to do things which common sense generally covers. 
    Personally, I find it tedious (unless having a go at the brambles and so on - I hack relentlessly then!
    (I wonder if this makes sense?)

  • Xen.Xen. Posts: 81
    Thankyou RoddersUK - that's exactly what I meant :)
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    And cough sweets
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Didn't they used to be called tips?
    Devon.
  • Xen.Xen. Posts: 81
    No, not cough sweets :D B3 - (thinks..................well maybe).

    They did, in the Olden Days (I was there, so I know), Hostafan - "tips and tricks".  What kind of a world are we living in now?
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    I saw a 'life hack' the other day, it was someone explaining how a large Costa coffee is the same amount as a medium one. Amazing, thanks, my life is complete. 🤦‍♀️

    While I'm here, I detest almost every new word or definition; you're a 'hero' now for just about everything - breathing, etc.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Another overused word these day Pimp! Pimp my meal,  pimp my garden.
    nothing like what it was when I was young.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Red mapleRed maple Posts: 1,138
    Not come across that one yet @Lyn 😁😲, but I imagine it’ll be swamping tv soon, just like “hack” is (what’s wrong with either “tip” or “idea”?). I suppose language evolves…(I just wonder, sometimes, though, what's wrong with the original word?)
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