Thanks Oli.  I figured it had to be one of the two.
 And you're correct in surmizing I don't live in the U.K.
 I live in SE Texas USA. The Houston area.

 Regards,

 Jim

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> Subject: Re: [PIC] A catalogue of cock-ups
> From: "Oli Glaser" <oli.glaser@talktalk.net>
> Date: Fri, September 24, 2010 11:57 am
> To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@MIT.EDU>
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> From: <jim@jpes.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 5:43 PM
> To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
> Subject: RE: [PIC] A catalogue of cock-ups
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> > All,
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> > Just for my own education, where did the term "cock-up" come from?
> > And does it mean "a quick and dirty assembly technique" or possibly
> > a "screw up of some sort"?  I'm just curious.  I've never heard that
> > term before.
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> I guess you don't live in the UK then :-) - your second guess was right, =
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> basically means a screw up.
> First result on Google makes for reasonable reading on the origin etc:
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> http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cock-up.html=20
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