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How to tell the difference between a chemist and a plumber (suppo.fi)

submitted 5 days ago by cm0002@suppo.fi to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] stephen01king@piefed.zip 3 points 5 days ago

Interesting, this is the second time today I learned a word that had an older usage that I first thought was wrongly used by someone. I just learnt that jury-rigged is the original term for jerry-rigged, and thought it was only used in the context of courts of law, but it turns out it originally referred to jury masts on sailing ships.