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[-] Elivey@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Btw it's "jerry rigged", unless truck driver and OP are in court for the altercation!

[-] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I wrote it that way at first, then changed it to "jury-rigged" after looking it up and reading this.

[-] athaki@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That was really interesting! Thanks for the link.

[-] Elivey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Huh, weird! My takeaway is: "Jury-rigged is the best choice when the makeshift nature of the effort is to be emphasized rather than a shoddiness that results" for anyone's TLDR

[-] millie@lemmy.film 2 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure it's both, given that both uses are extremely common and that be how language works.

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