exceptional vs hacky

exceptional

adj
  • Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence. 

  • Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare. 

  • Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity. 

noun
  • An exception, or something having an exceptional value 

hacky

adj
  • Hackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite) 

  • Like a hack; amateurish. 

  • Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds. 

  • Filthy or totally dirty. 

  • Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking. 

How often have the words exceptional and hacky occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )