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Something poorly built is “jerry-built.” Something rigged up temporarily in a makeshift manner with materials at hand, often in an ingenious manner, is “jury-rigged.” “Jerry-built” always has a negative connotation, whereas one can be impressed by the cleverness of a jury-rigged solution.
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Two usefully distinct terms show signs of blending together. ... The origins of both jury-rigged and jerry-built are sketchy, as befits terms that refer to forms of improvisation, I suppose. ... In the case of jury-rigged and jerry-built, though, we have two usefully distinct terms that are beginning to blend.
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"Jerry-built", which the OED defines as "built unsubstantially of bad materials; ... More likely, it is linked to earlier pejorative uses of the name Jerry ("jerrymumble", to knock about, 1721; "Jerry Sneak", a henpecked husband, 1764; "jerry", a cheap beer house, 1861); and it may have been influenced by "jury-rigged".
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alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxjerryb.html
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Jerry-built means poorly, cheaply, or flimsily constructed; jury-rigged means temporary or emergency patch-up or makeshift usage: They live in a jerry-built house with many jury-rigged appliances.
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Jury-rigged, jerry-built: Maybe a problem?(THE HOME FORUM)(origin of words) - Byline: Ruth Walker As I was reading a touching essay that ran in The : Encyclopedia.com ... Find more facts and information related to the article "Jury-rigged, jerry-built: Maybe a problem?(THE ..."
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FAQ article: jerry-built / jury-rigged ... More likely, it is linked to earlier pejorative uses of the name Jerry ("jerrymumble", to knock about, 1721; "Jerry Sneak", a henpecked husband, 1764; "jerry", a cheap beer house, 1861); and it may have been influenced by "jury-rigged".
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Where does the expression jerry-rigged come from? It's unclear whether you're asking about jerry-built or jury-rigged, so I'll... ... It's unclear whether you're asking about "jerry-built" or "jury-rigged", so I'll give the etymology (word history) for both.
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Etymology, origin of: Jury-Rigged Jerry-Built & My Birthmark :-) ... The A Team …they would Jury-Rigged Jerry-Built stuff …that Show must come Back……NIGHT RIDER is back in usa !! there useing a ‘Black’ Mustang Ford GT500KR !!
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www.hotforwords.com/2008/02/18/jury-rigged-jerry-built/
www.hotforwords.com/2008/02/18/jury-rigged-jerry-built/
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