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has gloss	(noun) a mediocre and disdained writer hack, literary hack, hack writer
has gloss	eng: Hack writer is a colloquial and usually pejorative term used to refer to a writer who is paid to write low-quality, rushed articles or books "to order", often with a short deadline. In a fiction-writing context, the term is used to describe writers who are paid to churn out sensational, lower-quality "pulp" fiction such as "true crime" novels or "bodice ripping" paperbacks. In journalism, the term is used to describe a writer who is deemed to operate as a "mercenary" or "pen for hire", expressing their client's political opinions in pamphlets or newspaper articles. So-called "hack writers" are usually paid by the number of words in their book or article; as a result, hack writing has a reputation for quantity taking precedence over quality.
lexicalization	eng: hack writer
lexicalization	eng: hack
lexicalization	eng: literary hack
subclass of	(noun) writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) writer, author

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