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megahack en · NOUN

Etymology

From mega- + hack.

Meanings

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. 1999, Joe Queenan, Red Lobster, White Trash, & the Blue Lagoon, →ISBN:
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. 2015 July 10, Graeme Virtue, “Friday’s best TV”, in The Guardian:
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. 1987, The Eyas: A Newsletter from the National Wildlife Federation's Rapor Information Center:

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