InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agoWhat is a word you heard all the time as a kid that you don't hear anymore?hexbear.netimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down10
arrow-up162arrow-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 · 10 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squarezed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months ago jury-rigged Jerry-rigged actually, and apparently this phrase predates the term “Jerry” used for Germans by a century so no relation
minus-squareMardoniush [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 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.
minus-squarezed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months 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