Slangipedia - Slang Dictionary

1

A cheap fix that barely holds on like a drunk man holding a ladder.

My boss kajiggered the printer with duct tape and hope.

The game was kajiggered just so the winner wouldn't notice the rules were broken.

He kajiggered the whole system just to get out of doing his job.

2

It can be anything, like a thingamajig, but worse.

That thing on the wall? A kajiggered doohickey.

The button on my pants is a kajiggered doodad.

My sister calls her cat a kajiggered widget.

3

Make something work even if it screams in protest.

She kajiggered the car so it would start, and then it exploded.

He kajiggered the clock so it told the wrong time on purpose.

The teacher kajiggered the test so everyone got the same answers.

4

Mess with something just enough to make it either work or completely fail.

He kajiggered the TV so it played static and opera.

She kajiggered the Wi-Fi so only her phone got internet.

The chef kajiggered the recipe and made a soup that tasted like regret.

5

A measure of how much of a punch you need to give an object to make it move, like a slap from a angry toddler.

The kJ needed to move that couch was equal to my frustration level.

That wall took a kJ of force to knock down, and I still got a headache.

I used 10 kJ to make my dog stop barking.