jiggery-pokery

UK /ˌdʒɪɡ.ə.ɹiˈpəʊ.kə.ɹi/ US /ˌdʒɪɡ.ɚ.iˈpoʊ.kɚ.i/
noun 3

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.

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