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Old 05-30-2007, 03:54 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Anybody know the story of the word "hack"? Time hack? Hack your watches?
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I don't know where it originates, I've only used it since I became a military pilot. I always imagined "hack" as someone making a chopping motion at the time, like the timekeeper in old drag races. Maybe there's an oldtimer who knows the origin of the word in the Air Force.
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Also a Navy term for confinement to quarters of an officer after seriously P***ing off the brass/air boss. ie: placed in "hack"
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