Jiggery Pokery

jiggery pokery n. : (old fashioned) secret activities that are not honest; (Doctor Who) the use of ambiguous science, especially with the manipulation of technology, that allows for the side-stepping and general avoidance of plotholes the size of Texas and/or the stretching of an audience's suspension of disbelief to allow for such plotholes to be transversed.

2. : basically, yes, it's cheating.