[CentOS] Terms..?
Peter Farrow
peter at farrows.org
Sat Jun 10 19:43:26 UTC 2006
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. :-)
>
> -Steve
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