[Groop] The Big Old Stupid Statue Picture Contest!!!

chris.emmett at hsbcib.com chris.emmett at hsbcib.com
Tue Oct 16 01:27:25 PDT 2007


Check WWW out-> http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-jur1.htm
he usually has the definitive answer if there is one (mostly because it's
his job and his hobby :-)

Womble







Actually, I always thought it was derived from the old racial slur for
germans, with a similar expression based upon the negro slur.
      From: ericchun at hotmail.com
      To: groop at groo.com
      Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:29:34 -0700
      Subject: Re: [Groop] The Big Old Stupid Statue Picture Contest!!!

      >>>gerry-rig

      >>"jury-rig"
      >>I had to look this up:
      >>http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=jury-rig
      >Doh!  I always thought it was derived from gerrymandering.
      "jerry-rig" is also correct.  It means the same as "jury-rig."
      http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/jerry-rig


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