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		sigil on April 27, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Growth Hacker is the New VP Marketing - Andrew Che... I only use it for lack of a better one; "programming" seems too specific. What would you suggest?

laconian on April 27, 2012 [–]

I was talking more about hacking in the "doing something clever" sense that has popped up like crazy: hack your taxes! hack your wife! hack the stock market! etc.

orph on April 28, 2012 | [–]

Well actually, "doing something clever" is damn close to the origin of the word.

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