“Jerry-rigged” has another, not a very wholesome connotation. Dictionary.com writes that the word “jerry” was used by the British soldiers during World War I and II as a derogatory term towards Germans. The pronunciation of the first syllable of “German” was made into the English name Jerry and made as a pun.
#23 The Piece Of An Eraser That I Cut To Fit My Window Switch So My Dog Would Stop Randomly Rolling Down The Window
Other sources claim that the word “jerry” was how the British soldiers called the German helmets. In their minds, they resembled chamber pots, hence the derogatory nickname. The British soldiers used “jerry-rigged” to refer to machines that German soldiers left behind, repaired with salvaged parts.
The founder of the subreddit r/RedneckEngineering Flounder19 spoke to our writer Jonas a couple of years ago. He shared the origin story of the subreddit. Upon seeing a picture of a pair of rednecks who constructed a picnic boat, he decided to create a subreddit where such inventions could be shared, laughed at and admired.
#28 Our Tap Broke And Water Came Gushing Out, My Mom Did This Jugaad To Stop The Flow. It Worked Perfectly
r/RedneckEngineering now has 717 thousand members in total. It’s also in the top 1% of the top reddit communities, currently taking place as the 749th. If you ever decide to apply your own creativity in similar ways, remember the wise words of engineer Shane McKenna: apart from safety, there are no rules to redneck engineering. You bend the rules and make it work.
