hacketten.
/haˈkɛt/, U.S. /ˌhæˈkɛt/ slang (humorous or derogatory).
A female journalist or reporter. Cf. hack n.2 4b.
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1976 Private Eye 5 Mar. 5/1 Also on this holiday was petite hackette Ms——.
1983 Financial Times 2 Apr. 15/3 It is a..wise child who knows how to deflect the hostile questioning of Mummy's fellow hacks and hackettes.
1990 Sunday Times 18 Feb. h8/3 I, innocent hackette on my first foreign assignment, passed up the chance of becoming part of the action of Frederick Forsyth's life.
2009 N. McAuliffe Brit. Subj. ii. 7 The newsdesk had this one down..for a photogenic female. A hackette, talented, eager to make her name.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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