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jerry-rigged en · ADJ

Etymology

From jerry-rig + -ed, a conflation of jury-rigged and jerry-built.

Meanings

  1. Eggcorn of jury-rigged.
    • And conflicts inside Trump’s awkward, jerry-rigged coalition certainly exist, most recently reaching a boiling point over tariffs. 2025 April 13, Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, “The rise of end times fascism”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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jerry-rigged en · VERB

Etymology

From jerry-rig + -ed, a conflation of jury-rigged and jerry-built.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of jerry-rig
    form of jerry-rig