While I can see where you are coming from Klaatu, I still have to disagree with your prespective.  Let us consider the timeless Jargon File which I largely agree with: 

"Hacking might be characterized as "an appropriate application of ingenuity". Whether the result is a quick-and-dirty patchwork job or a carefully crafted work of art, you have to admire the cleverness that went into it."
https://www.catb.org/jargon/html/meaning-of-hack.html

So, hacking doesn't necessarily have to involve lengthy effort or careful craft.  Unfortunately, what is ingenious to one person is banal to another.  While pop-culture may may apply the term "hack" trivially, perhaps in the eyes of many in this world, everyday tips and tricks do seem ingenious.  In that sense, pop culture is using the term correctly.  Of course, among true "hackers"  (see Appendix B) this wouldn't be considered to be the case.  But to each their own.  It's better than perverting the term to only mean "break into computers."

Cheers,
  - Gabriel Evenfire