hack attack

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

hack attack
 n.

   [poss. by analogy with `Big Mac Attack' from ads for the McDonald's
   fast-food chain; the variant big hack attack is reported] Nearly
   synonymous with {hacking run}, though the latter more strongly implies
   an all-nighter.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

hack attack

   <jargon> (Possibly by analogy with "Big Mac Attack" from
   advertisements for the McDonald's fast-food chain; the variant
   "big hack attack" is reported) Nearly synonymous with {hacking
   run}, though the latter more strongly implies an all-nighter.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1996-08-26)