cheat code

A line of text or series of commands which can be used to change a game's behavior, alter a character's looks and abilities, skip levels, or access other hidden features.

Noun

  1. A line of text or series of commands which can be used to change a game's behavior, alter a character's looks and abilities, skip levels, or access other hidden features.
    • Got more patience than a tree grow / Got love that feels like a cheat code - 2023, “Practice”, in Water Made Us, performed by Jamila Woods ft. Saba:
  2. A way to accomplish something that bypasses some of the usual hard work; shortcut, lifehack, or advantage.
    • Once you discover all the ins and outs of your mind, you basically have the cheat code to your game of life. - 2017, Lilly Singh, How to Be a Bawse, A Guide to Conquering Life:
    • How did the other folks make it? It’s not necessarily because they’re smarter. It’s not automatically that they know more than I do. It’s not because they’re more clever. It’s that they found the cheat codes or knew...
    • This gem of a book is a gathering of life’s cheat codes, put together with girls in mind. - 2021, Suzie Lavington, Andy Cope, A Girl’s Guide to Being Fearless: How to Find Your Brave, Chichester, West Sussex: Capstone,...

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