Jerry, Jury, or Jimmy rigged??

Have you been in a conversation lately and heard any rendition of jury-rigged? I was in a conversation the other day when I heard “jimmy rigged” for the first time, so I decided to figure out which one is right …

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brill

Usually we’re stomping around in boots here, but today it was something soft and feminine, a walk down memory lane. Remember …

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chattel

Cattle, chat, chateau … chattel? What’s that? Who’s chatting with el?

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Altiloquent

Altiloquent?

Me?

Surely you jest!

I merely marvel at the lilt of language, the superlative subtleties of speech, the phonological possibilities present in every crisp, untrodden page that lies like an open road before me.

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