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In some senses, jiggery-pokery is marked as euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
jiggery-pokery
UK /ˌdʒɪɡ.ə.ɹiˈpəʊ.kə.ɹi/ US /ˌdʒɪɡ.ɚ.iˈpoʊ.kɚ.i/
noun 3
Collocations
2ADJ.
'creative, other
VERB + JIGGERY-POKERY
'off-balance, prevent, talk
Definitions
noun
1
Trickery or misrepresentation.
'Jiggery-pokery,' said Helena, 'you talk jiggery-pokery. Stop it, can't you?'
Much as 'off-balance sheet' jiggery-pokery and other 'creative accounting' allowed banks to get away with false impressions of their true financial position...
2
Manipulation.
...under the present law, the averages were made up so faithfully and fairly as to prevent any jiggery-pokery.
...what my friend Singleton calls "rigging, cornering, and general jiggery-pokery methods,"...
3
Sexual intercourse.
...the males, like most birds, have no penis. But that doesn't stop a bit of gay jiggery-pokery.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you i
- trickery
- hocus-pocus
- slickness
- skulduggery
- skullduggery
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
301
'Jiggery-pokery,' said Helena, 'you talk jiggery-pokery. Stop it, can't you?'
Wiktionary02
Much as 'off-balance sheet' jiggery-pokery and other 'creative accounting' allowed banks to get away with false impressions of their true financial position...
Wiktionary03
...under the present law, the averages were made up so faithfully and fairly as to prevent any jiggery-pokery.
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