InevitableSwing [none/use name] to askchapo • 10 months agoWhat is a word you heard all the time as a kid that you don't hear anymore?imagemessage-square52 fedilinkarrow-up166
arrow-up166imageWhat is a word you heard all the time as a kid that you don't hear anymore?InevitableSwing [none/use name] to askchapo • 10 months agomessage-square52 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarezed_proclaimer [he/him]hexbear6·10 months ago jury-rigged Jerry-rigged actually, and apparently this phrase predates the term "Jerry" used for Germans by a century so no relation link
minus-squareMardoniush [she/her]hexbear3·10 months agoDepends, is ghetto meaning poorly built or shoddy (jerry rigged)? Or is it meaning effectively, even stylishly, Improvised from on hand materials (jury rigged) Ive seen both definitions used. link
minus-squarezed_proclaimer [he/him]hexbear3·10 months agolmao i didn't realize both were phrases but in retrospect it's obvious. english is weird link
Jerry-rigged actually, and apparently this phrase predates the term "Jerry" used for Germans by a century so no relation
Depends, is ghetto meaning poorly built or shoddy (jerry rigged)? Or is it meaning effectively, even stylishly, Improvised from on hand materials (jury rigged)
Ive seen both definitions used.
lmao i didn't realize both were phrases but in retrospect it's obvious. english is weird