I read this list often, and although I'm not smart enough to contribute, I learn a lot every day. But I read a post from this morning that contained this: >a fair amount of jiggery-pokery Just wondering...is this a technical term? Where is it documented? I won't offer any insight into what vision it gave me. ;-) Thanks for all the work on the distribution and all the invaluable info posted here. -Ben
> I read this list often, and although I'm not smart enough to contribute,I don't see why you should feel left out. This doesn't seem to stop others. (I kid, I kid!)> >a fair amount of jiggery-pokery > Just wondering...is this a technical term? Where is it documented?I was going to attempt to make something humorous up, but a quick google turned up something far more apt and unintentionally funny than anything I'm capable of. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/jiggery-pokery It appears to even be authored by someone who might in some way relate to the project.... /Wonder if it's time to begin starting rumors.... -- This message has been double ROT13 encoded for security. Anyone other than the intended recipient attempting to decode this message will be in violation of the DMCA
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 You asked for it :) On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 05:43:51PM -0400, Ben Gore wrote:> >a fair amount of jiggery-pokery > > Just wondering...is this a technical term?Actually no. It can be considered the British version for the American "hanky-panky" [1]> Where is it documented?Actually, yes [2] [3] [4].> I won't offer any insight into what vision it gave me.Please don't :) []s 1 - http://cgi.peak.org/~jeremy/retort.cgi?British=jiggery-pokery 2 - http://www.wordreference.com/definition/jiggery-pokery 3 - http://www.answers.com/topic/jiggery-pokery 4 - http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=jiggery%2Dpokery - -- Rodrigo Barbosa "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEie5UpdyWzQ5b5ckRAuLOAJ4yLJ9rDeDdSU4YZB8oXNdwEAlLpACfRz32 ijjOroQBs9s3GZKJUAaESC4=SUYE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----