English

Noun

jiggery-pokery ‎(uncountable)

1. Trickery or misrepresentation.
   • 2015, Peter Hain, Back to the Future of Socialism

     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.
   • 1892, Philip Stanhope, Lightning (journal), Letter XXVII:

     ...what my friend Singleton calls "rigging, cornering, and general jiggery-pokery methods,"...

3. (euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
   • 2002, Olivia Judson, Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation

     ...the males, like most birds, have no ****. But that doesn't stop a bit of gay jiggery-pokery.

Synonyms

• (trickery): hanky-panky, skulduggery, trickery
• (sexual intercourse): See Wikisaurus:sexual intercourse

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