mawkish

adj : effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel";

"maudlin expressons of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness";

"a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy

poetry" [syn: {bathetic}, {maudlin}, {mushy}, {schmaltzy},

{schmalzy}, {sentimental}, {slushy}]

hackish

/hak'ish/ 1. Said of something that is or involves a

{hack}.

2. Of or pertaining to {hacker}s or the hacker subculture.

See also {true-hacker}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-03-08)