Found this
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jiggery_pokery
I must say, jiggery-pokery has always meant technical giblets* cobbled together to create the desired effect, imho.
Didn't ever really associate jiggery-pokery with sex,
P. *giblets is a general British type computer term meaning internal computer parts, I believe it originated from the similarity between the bag of giblets and the hosting carcass from the butcher and the computer case and its little box/bag of nuts, bolts and blanking plates.
Often the phrase could be heard on the factory floor "'ere mate, I can't build this system 'cause the case is missing the giblets"
Steve wrote:
Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
Actually no. It can be considered the British version for the American "hanky-panky" [1]
Actually, I picked it up from the second installment of the new Doctor Who series (The End of the World). Chrisopher Eccleston used the term when modifying Billie Piper's mobile phone so that it could make calls 5 billion years back through time to her mother.
Never expected that to become a topic here, though. :-)
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