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From: al@mot.UUCP (Al Filipski)
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Subject: Re: Re: what's a "pantoffel-computer"
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Date: Sun, 29-Dec-85 23:04:38 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 29 23:04:38 1985
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In article <4300001@konech.UUCP> thomas@konech.UUCP writes:
>What's a "pantoffel-computer" ?
>
>
>I'm looking for an english (or american) phrase for the german
>word "pantoffel-computer".
>('pantoffel' literally means slipper, mule).
>
>In german there is a phrase "pantoffel-kino" which means home-made
>movies or TV. In general "pantoffel-..." is a devaluating phrase in the
>sense of worthy, home-made, not very professional, for everybody's use, ...
>
>How do you english or american guys call such things ?
>


There is a word "jerry-built" which is not too commonly heard any more,
but is used to describe shoddy, "chewing gun and baling wire" construction.
I believe the "jerry" is a corruption of latin "dies"="day", hence
something "jerry-built" (or, a variant "jury-rigged") is something
whose lifetime is on the order of magnitude of a day.
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