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:It must be a UK thing, though hack journalist is possibly the most common usage. M-W uses the example "hack journalist", but the definition is more general [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hack[4]]. (Interestingly, I had to look through quite a lot of hack definitions before this one actually came up). [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 18:39, 19 October 2008 (EDT) | :It must be a UK thing, though hack journalist is possibly the most common usage. M-W uses the example "hack journalist", but the definition is more general [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hack[4]]. (Interestingly, I had to look through quite a lot of hack definitions before this one actually came up). [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 18:39, 19 October 2008 (EDT) | ||
::HA! My CAPTCHA for this link was jazzyryots. [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 18:39, 19 October 2008 (EDT) | ::HA! My CAPTCHA for this link was jazzyryots. [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 18:39, 19 October 2008 (EDT) | ||
| + | :::Even the captcha knows you're a troublemaker :-P -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 18:46, 19 October 2008 (EDT) | ||
Revision as of 22:46, October 19, 2008
Explanation of change
Lest my motivations be again misunderstood, I will explain my partial reversion of HelpJazz's edit. This may be a cultural thing, but certainly in the UK the term 'hack' is most often applied to a journalist; indeed, is virtually a synonym for the trade of journalism. Bugler 15:54, 19 October 2008 (EDT)
- It must be a UK thing, though hack journalist is possibly the most common usage. M-W uses the example "hack journalist", but the definition is more general [4]. (Interestingly, I had to look through quite a lot of hack definitions before this one actually came up). HelpJazz 18:39, 19 October 2008 (EDT)