jiggery-pokery
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Scots joukery-pawkery (“trickery; deceit”) Attested in English since the nineteenth century. The earliest known use was in the Berkshire Chronicle in 1845.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌdʒɪɡ.ə.ɹiˈpəʊ.kə.ɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌdʒɪɡ.ɚ.iˈpoʊ.kɚ.i/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
edit- Trickery or misrepresentation.
- 2015, Peter Hain, Back to the Future of Socialism:
- Much as 'off-balance sheet' jiggery-pokery and other 'creative accounting' allowed banks to get away with false impressions of their true financial position...
- Manipulation.
- 1845 December 27, “Protection to Agriculture”, in Berkshire Chronicle:
- ...under the present law, the averages were made up so faithfully and fairly as to prevent any jiggery-pokery.
- 1892, Philip Stanhope, Lightning (journal), Letter XXVII:
- ...what my friend Singleton calls "rigging, cornering, and general jiggery-pokery methods,"...
- 1964, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Commons official report, Volume 707, H.M. Stationery Office, page 805:
- The hon. Member for Dover is suggesting that if all the facts were revealed, there would be less danger of people thinking that there was jiggery-pokery.
- (euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
- 2002, Olivia Judson, Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation:
- ...the males, like most birds, have no penis. But that doesn't stop a bit of gay jiggery-pokery.
Synonyms
edit- (trickery): hanky-panky, skulduggery, trickery
- (sexual intercourse): See Thesaurus:copulation
Translations
edittrickery or misrepresentation
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References
edit- ^ Ammon Shea (2015 June 25) “What Does "Jiggery-Pokery" Mean?”, in Merriam-Webster
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