lifehack

Or life-hack,

[lahyf-hak]

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noun

Informal.��a tip, trick, or efficient method for doing or managing a day-to-day task or activity; a hack.
a lifehack for overcoming social anxiety;
a computer programmer's best lifehacks.

lifehack

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noun

any procedure or action that solves a problem, simplifies a task, reduces frustration, etc, in one's everyday life

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lifehack¹

life + hack ¹ (in the sense “a tip or trick to do something well”)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lifehack¹

C21: by extension from the computing sense of _hack , meaning to manipulate a computer program in a skilful and often creative manner

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“Almost every Ukrainian from the war zone knows this lifehack: when you hear the whistling of the rocket, you better start counting,” Marina Stepanska, an award-winning film director, wrote on Facebook.

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Stocker remembers heading off to pick up her children from preschool wearing a “Weed is my lifehack” T-shirt.

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This one’s a lifehack for all the newly remote workers out there.

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The most famous proponent of minimalism – or at least minimalism as a lifehack – was probably Steve Jobs.

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It’s short, accessible, wordless and frequently overlaps with the “lifehack” phenomenon.

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