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jiggerypokery

this describes that which is difficult to describe, a term meaning a piece of machinery which has no place in this world
i tried to configure that SSL jiggerypokery and the fucker was buggered
by dave williams September 22, 2004
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by dirodaman July 13, 2015
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Jiggery Pokery

A foul wizard swear in the wizard world. Banned by Mr. Albus Dumbledore.
"We're learning wizard swears like Jiggery Pokery!"

"Noooo, my grandma told me not to use such foul magical language!"
by Xioneville February 11, 2010
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This is not to discount the other meanings, but here's one that's been overlooked, it seems:
Noun:
1) The act of fixing or building something by tinkering, prodding, poking, and twiddling it until it looks the way it should or does what it ought to do. The act of solving a problem in a very make-shift, seat-of-the-pants way rather than proceeding with any sort of plan or forethought. Jiggery-pokery is all about "Good enough"
2) A very informal, vague process for doing a thing - there's no step-by-step thing you do to get the result you want, you just apply the jiggery-pokery until it starts making the noise and doing the thing

Possibly, this comes from literally "jiggering" (jiggling) and "pokering" (poking) a thing until it comes together or starts to work or both.
1) I just used a bit of jiggery-pokery and I got your phone working again; I majored in jiggery-pokery in college, I did.
2) Careful with the coffee machine - you need a bit of jiggery-pokery to get it working.
by Balloonie-cat1 October 24, 2020
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A word used to described madness and something that shouldn't of happened. A glitch. Happens alot in FIFA.
Aidan: "ayyy how did the Keeper do that then? "
Charlie: "That was some GIGGERYPOKERY son"
by Mad Tings Innit Fam August 6, 2017
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Jiggery Pokery

IE: get a load of this Jiggery Pokery up ya! its grouse!

TRANSLATION:

Here, try this apple pie. I'm sure you will find its most delicious.
by fucknuckle July 15, 2006
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the carburetta jiggery pokery was not working
by dave williams September 22, 2004
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