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jerry-rig - it's not accurate The actual term is jury-rig

Jury rigging refers to makeshift repairs or temporary contrivances, made with only the tools and materials that happen to be on hand. Originally a nautical term, on sailing ships a jury rig is a replacement mast and yards improvised in case of damage or loss of the original mast. Jury-rig has been in use since 1788 but the adjectival use of "jury" in the sense of makeshift or temporary dates from at least 1616, when it appeared in John Smith's A Description of New England.

A false etymology is that "Jerry-rigged" was employed by World War II British troops to refer to the German use of scavenged parts to keep vehicles and weapons functional, from the use of "Jerry" as a pejorative term for German soldiers.
The jury-rigged (not jerry-rigged) contraption made do for now. (jerry-rig - it's not accurate The actual term is jury-rig)
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What it do... is?

What retarded mexicans say when they have no clue what they are talking about
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life is what you make it

A cliche of debatable validity.

On one side, this phrase may be seen to be reassuring, allowing a person to accept the ills of their life, whatever those might be, with grace, knowing that with effort, or wisdom, those ills can be surmounted, or even changed into something positive.

On the other side, this meaning can be seen to be irrelevant; the phrase ultimately becomes empty, asking a person to acquiesce to, in the form of the acceptance of "the good with the bad", the ill of the modern world in any or all of its forms.
Torture Victim 1: Life is what you make it. They cut off our hands. At least we don't need 'em to eat with. No food tonight.
by little67112 April 30, 2011
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My number one rule is RUN UP THROUGH IT

To have a strictly sensual "no strings attached" relationship with a female. Get in and get it done. A fair exchange.
Macafram: Yo man your name is always on Susies mouthpiece, what's the deal?

Nice N Scmoove: Yea don't sweat it, she's only fretting cause' my number one rule is run up through it released the fluid bounce out cause thats what im bout and she never knew it.
by thaPacketman3 June 24, 2011
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