'''Hack''' is also a slang term for a low-grade, unprincipled person, often a writer or journalist. This usage is taken from an earlier usage in which a hack was a hired [[horse]]. Such animals were normally of poor quality. | '''Hack''' is also a slang term for a low-grade, unprincipled person, often a writer or journalist. This usage is taken from an earlier usage in which a hack was a hired [[horse]]. Such animals were normally of poor quality. |