"apahack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: apahacks [plural]
Etymology: From APA (“amateur press association”) + hack (“pejorative; untalented writer”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|APA|hack|gloss1=amateur press association|gloss2=pejorative; untalented writer}} APA (“amateur press association”) + hack (“pejorative; untalented writer”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} apahack (plural apahacks)
  1. (fandom slang) A fan who is a writer and creator of apazines for one or more amateur press associations; especially a prolific one. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Fans (people) Synonyms: apan
    Sense id: en-apahack-en-noun-8xlyd3I2 Disambiguation of Fans (people): 59 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Topics: lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: apa-hack, APAhack

Verb

Forms: apahacks [present, singular, third-person], apahacking [participle, present], apahacked [participle, past], apahacked [past]
Etymology: From APA (“amateur press association”) + hack (“pejorative; untalented writer”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|APA|hack|gloss1=amateur press association|gloss2=pejorative; untalented writer}} APA (“amateur press association”) + hack (“pejorative; untalented writer”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} apahack (third-person singular simple present apahacks, present participle apahacking, simple past and past participle apahacked)
  1. (fandom slang) To write and create apazines for one or more amateur press associations. Tags: slang Holonyms: fanac
    Sense id: en-apahack-en-verb-J6UJbYlA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Topics: lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: apa-hack, APAhack

Inflected forms

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