On Mon, 14 May 2007 12:23:55 +0100, "Keith G"
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"Laurence Payne" lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 May 2007 12:04:28 +0100, "Keith G"
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No, that's Wrongipedia for 'botch' - bodge means making chair legs or
summat. See:

In the usage I know, "botch" is pejorative, it implies making a mess
of the job. "Bodge" is more neutral. "It's a bodge, but it's held
up
very well." cf "Jury-rigged".

The woodworking derivation is interesting, but doesn't prove much :-)



Eau cointreau, a Bodger is/was 'real person' (ie existed once) - see:

http://www.bodgers.org.uk/



Here's another for the crossposted Yanks (mentions Kentucky):

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_b...ages/1247.html




That's all very interesting for the etymology of the word, but the
meaning in context here is to do a job by some other means than the
official one - without any sort of judgement as to how good the result
is. Botch is another thing entirely. You could be doing the job
exactly as recommended, but if you do it poorly, you have botched it.

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