Yankee ingenuity Share definition Flag The urge to do something so stupid that nobody outside America would even dream it up. It took Yankee ingenuity for someone to put pure capsaicin into hot sauce. Yankee ingenuity by D.L. "Fox" Doucette September 19, 2003 0 0 Get merch Get the Yankee ingenuity mug. Buy Now — $32.95 See more merch