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MacGyver, refers to the main character of the 1985 TV Series of the same name played by Richard Dean Anderson. MacGyver had the unique ability to create useful tools out of everyday items for the purpose of solving a problem. In turn, the term MacGyver refers both to the act of solving a problem creatively as well as the person who does so.

Examples:

"It took us fifteen years and three supercomputers to MacGyver a way to power the gate."

— Samantha Carter - Stargate SG-1

"I was built for this, ... I got those survival instincts. I'm like Robinson Crusoe, a neighborhood MacGyver."

— Gregory Rodriguez

External Links

McGuyver definition - Dictionary.com

MacGyverisms

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