Ever heard a school bus called a school hack? Grant and Martha explain the etymology of hack, beginning with hackney horses in England, then referring to the drivers of the horse-drawn carriages, then the carriages themselves, and finally the...
perfumed prince n.— «Where Hack and I did—and I still do—agree was in our disdain for ticket-punching senior military officers, who were more concerned about their own careers than they were about the individual soldiers under their...
keyfabe n.— «HHH lost his push, and was pulled out of all the WWF’s summer PPV’s because of the infamous event at the Garden, i.e. the breaking of keyfabe.» —“Re: [INFO] Hack Notes – 12 June 1996″ by The...
mahoff n.— «The pro tem is the big mahoff in the Senate, the guy with the title and the money and the power. He’s two breaths away from being governor, and he passes out office space.» —“‘It’s not who’s pro tem, it’s who has votes,’...