Jerry built.

Posted by Ed Stansell on September 15, 2002

My take on this is that it comes from "jury rigged", which means something that has been constucted in a makeshift way. Not really done right. You can see how jury could easily become jerry, and since it regards the construction of something, ergo: built. I'm satisfied with this even if no one else is.
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• Jerry built. TheFallen 09/15/02