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[–] Elivey 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] grue 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] athaki 6 points 1 year ago

That was really interesting! Thanks for the link.

[–] Elivey 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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