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Sun, 17 February 2013 12:14 |
Brian Braunschweiger
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Check out the World Wide Words info on the subject. Great site for
etymologies.
<http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-jur1.htm>
Basically says the same thing with a bit more research and authority.
Brian
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 6:21 AM, <g3-5-list@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> Bruce Johnson <johnson@pharmacy.arizona.edu> Feb 15 01:29PM -0700
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>>> "Jerry Rigged" ==" Duct tape AND a hose clamp"
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>> I'm not sure I see the logic of these? I never heard the nautical
> reference at all, and don't see its etymology?
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>> I thought "jury rigged" was like a court jury that was rigged for an
> acquittal of the defendant. This is something risky because it's illegal
> and if it goes wrong it blows up in your face.
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> Well, Random House agrees with the nautical derivation of the term:<
> http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19960711>
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> Jerry-rigged seems to be a mashup of 'Jerry-built' an English slang-term
> from the late 1800's meaning 'of shoddy construction' and jury-rig.
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> <http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/9245>
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> None of this has anything to do with '12 good men and true' OR germans...
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