different between hacky vs dorty

English

Etymology

hack +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æki

Adjective

hacky (comparative hackier, superlative hackiest)

1. Like a hack; amateurish.
2. (Tyneside) Filthy or totally dirty.
3. (computing, informal) Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
4. (colloquial) Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.

   A hacky cough. A hacky laugh. A hacky breath. A hacky howl.

Synonyms

• hackish

Derived terms

• hackily

Related terms

• dirty (Standard English)
• dorty (Tyneside)
• hacky dorty (Tyneside)
• unclean (Standard English)

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
• hacky in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “hacky” at Wordnik (Forwards to “hacking”, where “hacky” is listed.)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??ti/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ti

Adjective

dorty (comparative more dorty, superlative most dorty)

1. (Tyneside) Dirty; unclean.

   His claithes were dorty.

Related terms

• dirty (Standard English)
• hacky (Geordie)
• hacky dorty (Geordie)
• unclean (Standard English)

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4