growth hack
Colloquial/ˈɡroʊθ ˌhæk/n. (colloquial)
Etym.from a literal juxtaposition of common nouns, first attested as 'growth hack' in early 2010s startup blogs, see H. Patel, 'Viral Mechanisms', 2011.
A label applied to short-term promotional or product tweaks intended chiefly to inflate superficial user metrics while deferring substantive improvement.
'We ran a growth hack to lift sign-ups before the funding update' - Pre-Seed Investor Update