InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is a word you heard all the time as a kid that you don't hear anymore?hexbear.netimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down10
arrow-up166arrow-down1imageWhat is a word you heard all the time as a kid that you don't hear anymore?hexbear.netInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squarezed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year ago jury-rigged Jerry-rigged actually, and apparently this phrase predates the term “Jerry” used for Germans by a century so no relation
minus-squareMardoniush [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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.
minus-squarezed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agolmao i didn’t realize both were phrases but in retrospect it’s obvious. english is weird
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