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Jan wrote:
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> I would think that engineers, generally assumed to be reasonably bright, should
> have been able to come up with a non-race-specific term by now as a substitute
> *if they'd been inclined*.  How about 'ignoramus','Twit' or any of dozens of
> synonyms for 'not very well done'?

Here in the UK, the usual term for someone who does a bad job, or
scimps and cuts corners to the extent that it tends to fall apart
quickly, is a 'cowboy'. I don't know where it comes from originally.

Ranger Elenopa
                           
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