Today's words

jiggery-pokery \ˈji-gər-ē-ˈpō-kər-ē\ - underhanded manipulation or dealings :  trickery

This piece of vocabulary used by Justice Scalia in his scathing dissent from the majority SCOTUS ruling on the most recent challenge to the ACA to make it through the court was highlighted in a Words at Play blog post. The renowned post author, whose books I'm going to have to check out on Amazon Prime if I can get my wife to leave her Kindle behind when she goes on vacation, presents it as simple example of rhyming slang, with a wonderfully witty editorial nod to its (presumably) English source. However, a commenter on this post pointed out a possible older Scottish etymology for the word, and Google led me to this gem - which you should get while it's available as its linked and related article from the previous week appears to be gone; it also provides a likely etymology for the modern verb juke.

stare decisis \ˌster-ē-di-ˈsī-səs, ˌstär-\ - a doctrine or policy of following rules or principles laid down in previous judicial decisions unless they contravene the ordinary principles of justice

The same blog post led me to this legal term of Latin origin. I was familiar with the concept but the actual term is new for me. My brain is going to insist on the Latin pronunciation, even though I don't really know Latin, because that's just how I am.

waddy \ˈwä-dē\ - cowboy

I believe I've encountered today's WOTD before, but didn't remember it when I saw it. (I wish the Merriam-Webster website would use the same pronunciation scheme for the WOTD as for the rest of the site.) 

skewbald \'skew-ˌbȯld\ - 1. (adj) of an animal :  marked with patches of white and any other color but black  2. a skewbald horse

And one of the the examples in that WOTD write-up has led me to this other word that I'm pretty sure I'd never heard before. It makes me wonder if this word inspired the Peter, Paul and Mary classic, Stewball.

 An uncommonly rich morning for new words!