"wiggle room"

Posted by Ward on March 08, 2004

In the US, to look for some 'wiggle room' suggests a desire to have some constraints relaxed on specifications or standards -- some more degrees of freedom to perform. What is the origin for the 'wiggle' of this expression?

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