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I seem to remember the phrase being used to describe writers "hacking" at their typewriters sometime earlier, too...
by sown 18y ago
I seem to remember the phrase being used to describe writers "hacking" at their typewriters sometime earlier, too...
- gruseom 18y ago"Hack" related to writing has been around much longer. IIRC, Byron described himself this way. The article here concerns the tech sense only. Also, in the case of a writer the noun isn't "hacker" but just "hack". Edit: can't find the reference in Byron. I am reminded, though, that a "hack" used to refer to an old or low-quality horse that would be let out for hire. Perhaps it got applied to writers from there.