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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread whence jury-rigging? #24337 03/22/2001 8:11 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 20 Maryland garynamy stranger garynamy stranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 20 Maryland I think the subject says it all. I've heard the phrase a million times, sometimes 'jerry-rigging.' And my questions are simple...who was Jerry? Or who was on the jury? How did we get such a screwy synonym for 'improvised.' In the immortal words of Cecil Adams, "The next time we invent a language, somebody's gotta take better notes." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted whence jury-rigging? garynamy 03/22/2001 8:11 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? tsuwm 03/22/2001 8:18 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? Hyla 03/22/2001 8:20 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? wwh 03/22/2001 8:23 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? rodward 03/23/2001 12:01 PM Re : Jury-rig & Jerry -built wow 03/23/2001 1:16 PM Re: Re : Jury-rig & Jerry -built Jackie 03/23/2001 1:31 PM Re: Re : Jury-rig & Jerry -built wwh 03/23/2001 1:44 PM Gerry inselpeter 03/23/2001 1:50 PM ERP inselpeter 03/24/2001 4:22 AM Re: Re : Jury-rig & Jerry -built Capital Kiwi 03/24/2001 7:46 AM Re: Re : Jury-rig & Jerry -built inselpeter 03/24/2001 3:47 PM Re: Jerry-Kraut Dirty Irish? BeingCJ 03/26/2001 10:41 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? Flatlander 03/23/2001 2:16 PM Re: dead men wow 03/23/2001 2:27 PM deadman Sparteye 03/23/2001 2:31 PM Re: deadman maverick 03/23/2001 2:46 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? Bean 03/23/2001 3:56 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? tsuwm 03/23/2001 4:01 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? inselpeter 03/23/2001 4:16 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? Flatlander 03/23/2001 5:45 PM Re: dead man wow 03/23/2001 8:14 PM Deadman Hyla 03/26/2001 11:02 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,393 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 18 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,214 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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