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Jury-rig, jerry-rig, rig a jury

HANABA MUNN WELCH

Temporary, makeshift,

improvised. Words to live by. They define “jury-rigged.”

Me, I was just trying to understand the differences between jury-rigged, jerry-rigged and rigging a jury when I found that three-word definition.

Jury-rigging (as opposed to jury rigging) is the essence of life. Nobody lives forever. We make it up as we go along. We get creative. Phooey. I even jury-rig su…