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"Jerking my Chain"

Posted by Paulus on October 24, 2002

In Reply to: "Jerking my Chain" posted by Adrian on October 24, 2002

: Surely it has the same origin as the
: British "Pulling my chain", from lavatorial
: origins. Is yanking the same as jerking anyway?

Depends on what your doing. :) But very similar, yes. Perhaps Yanking is an Americanization (Yankees).

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