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Jerry-built things, which are things 'built unsubstantially of bad materials', has a separate unknown etymology. It is probably linked to earlier pejorative uses of the word jerry, attested as early as 1721, and may have been influenced by jury-rigged. [6] [7] [8] The blended terms jerry rigging and jerry-rigged are also common. [9] [10]
jerry (slang) pejorative term for a German or Germans An improvised or unsafe building or piece of infrastructure (e.g. an electrical installation), probably in contravention of safety legislation; (US: jerry-rigged, jury-rigged ).
"Jerry-Rig" BTW is a corruption of "Jury Rig", not an anti-German stereotype. The German stereotype is rather the reverse. "Jury" rig is from the use of Jury in old English to mean a temporary or expedient thing.
The jury found him guilty of covering up the payments. Prosecutors said in doing so, Trump committed tax fraud. Keith said he believes that accusation is what sealed Trump’s fate.
Jerry, a current co-host of CBS’ The Talk, filled in for Julie on Thursday’s live eviction episode after she contracted COVID, making this the first time Chenbot has ever missed a BB ...
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A unanimous jury found Trump guilty on May 30 on 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with a scheme to silence adult film star Stormy Daniels, whose story about having sex with ...
Jury rigging, an originally nautical term of related meaning; KLUDGE (tag), a programmer's annotation that some element of computer source co; MacGyver in popular culture § MacGyverisms and "to MacGyver", terms derived from a TV character known for inventive kludges; Urawaza