hacker

[Tom Zurinskas]

In golf parlance, a hacker is a poor player.  This goes back to the 1950's in Conn. as a caddie, I recall.


Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL7+
see truespel.com phonetic spelling



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> Poster: "Joel S. Berson"
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> Thank you, Alice, for reminding me of the proto-eponymous instance. :-)
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> Joel
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> At 7/28/2010 10:53 PM, Alice Faber wrote:
>>What, no "hack a Shaq"?
>>
>>On 7/28/10 9:59 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>>>Isn't the "Hacker" below more likely someone who fouls repeatedly in
>>>the basket-brawl game? A "hack" is a foul committed by striking the
>>>opponent's shooting arm during his act of shooting. And therefore no
>>>connection with computers, telephone systems, or campus pranks.
>>>
>>>Although I don't find this sense in the OED. And OED has "hack, v.1,
>>>in sports only for football.)
>>>
>>>Joel
>>>
>>>At 7/28/2010 07:56 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>>>>The Tech, vol. 78:9. March 11, 1958
>>>>Basket-Brawl Game Planned For Faculty Early This Spring. p. 6/1
>>>>>Last year's game, won by the Science-Administration five, featured
>>>>>such Tech notables as "Easy Uno" Ingard, Dean "White Bucks" Speer,
>>>>>Nicholas "Iron Man" Grant, Dean William "Hacker" Holden, "Rocky
>>>>>Stocky" Stockmayer, Mal "Waban Wrecker" Kispert, Joseph "Bonus Baby"
>>>>>Synder, Charles "Killer" Miller, Rog "Prouncer" Prouty, and John "The
>>>>>Stilt" Murphy. The officials included President Killian, Deans Rule
>>>>>and Fassett, Dr. Stratton and Dean Thresher.
>>>
>>>Joel
>>>
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