As it's Friday, let's look at what haywire means according to the
Shorter Oxford Dictionary:
haywire, noun & adjective.

E20.
[from HAY noun1 + WIRE noun.]

A. noun. Wire for binding bales of hay, straw, etc. E20.
B. adjective.
  1. Poorly or roughly contrived (with ref. to the practice of using
wire for baling hay to effect makeshift repairs). E20.
  Quote from the Listener: A haywire, unpredictable, one-man business.
  2. Of a person: in an emotional state, distracted, crazy. Of
circumstances: tangled, in disorder, confused. colloq. (orig. US). M20.
go haywire go wrong, become confused or crazy.
Quotes from J. O'Hara: A married man..and absolutely haywire on the
subject of another woman.   E. C. R. Lorac: The time element's all
haywire.

:-D

Brian


Marita Zavala wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Can anyone provide a comprehensible or can differentiate
> haywire vs. jumper wire?
>
> IPC 610C states: Haywire is used to modify the basic
> conductor pattern and jumper wire is part of the original
> design
> And is used to bridge portions of the basic conductor
> pattern. Thank you.
>
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