hax
English
Etymology
Phonetic respelling of hacks.
Pronunciation
- enPR: hăks, IPA(key): /hæks/
Audio (AU) (file)
- Hyphenation: hax
- Homophones: haxx, hacks
Noun
hax (uncountable)
- (slang, computing) Hacks, hacking.
- OMG, hax! That player just ran through a solid wall.
- (chiefly Pokémon) Game-deciding luck-based events in battles.
- The third critical hit in a row! You only win because of hax!
See also
- dox
- vax
References
- Internet Slang Dictionary: an Authoritative Guide to Understanding Internet Slang and Netspeak, by Ryan Jones, Lulu.com, 2006, page 61
Icelandic
Etymology
From English hax (“hack”) (popularized by Counter-Strike), from English hack. In some use since the late 2000s, the second meaning becoming popular in the 2010s among teenagers.
Noun
hax n
- (slang, computing) an act of cheating
- (slang) something unexpectedly great (often something that can only be accessed if one knows where to look for it)
Lolopo
Etymology
From Proto-Loloish *(k)-rwakᴴ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Sichuan Yi ꀉꉌ (ax hxie), Burmese ကြွက် (krwak), Cholim Tangsa juh, Chepang रोक्युः (rok.yuʔ) .
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [xa̠⁴⁴]
Noun
hax
- (Yao'an) rat