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 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >