[alexander_busek]

Ferris is a DIY guy who has Jimmy-rigged his bedroom [...]

Is this a now-acceptable variant of jerry-rigged - itself a WWII variant of the centuries-old jury-rigged?

Regards,

[Pelham]

wiki-

“The phrase “jury rigged” has been in use since at least 1788. The adjectival use of “jury”, in the sense of makeshift or temporary, has been said to date from at least 1616 when it appeared in Capt John Smith’s The General History of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles published in 1624.

There are several theories about the origin of this usage of “jury”:

From the Latin adjutare (”to aid”) via Old French ajurie (”help or relief”).

A corruption of joury mast—i.e. a mast for the day, a temporary mast, being a spare used when the mast has been carried away. (From French jour, “a day”.)