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Yankee ingenuity

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.
by D.L. "Fox" Doucette September 19, 2003
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Inadvertent ingenuity

Doing the right thing at the right time, without knowing what you are doing. Dumb luck.
John fixed the connection with inadvertent ingenuity and a Swiss Army knife.
by Chefspam January 2, 2014
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Endless Ingenuity

Endless Ingenuity outlines the infinite amount of creativity and proper solutions to any and every obstacle in front of a very select few individuals.

Endless Ingenuity is also an Umbrella company that ranges from General Contracting, Survival Accessories, Custom fabricated Vehicle Audio/Video systems and performance modification, smart mobility and anything else that needs solved or evolved. E.I. started in 2009
"I can't believe it works, you really have endless ingenuity."
by DomTom365 September 6, 2016
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Kiwi ingenuity

A term coined by New Zealanders, which supposedly implies that Kiwis good at coming up with solutions to any problem, typically in an unconventional, unusual or in such a way that uses whatever resource is available (I.e. being innovative).

New Zealanders have a habit for attaching the words “good ‘ol Kiwi” or “Kiwi” in front of a phrase, to artificially make themselves seem more interesting. To outsiders, it come across as deeply insecure - as if it is a necessity to make themselves sound more special than they are.
Kiwi 1: “During the pandemic, I attached plastic tubing to my EFTPOS reader in order to maintain 2 metres social distancing

Kiwi 2: “Woah, that’s some Kiwi Ingenuity right there!”

Immigrant 1: *sarcastically* “Because nobody else in the world has thought of that”

Immigrant 2: “Sounds more like good ol Kiwi bullshit”
by Kiwi Bullshit December 12, 2021
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african ingenuity

With a little african ingenuity, the mechanic was able to get the car running.
by jenpen January 6, 2009
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InGenuity

What John Hammond thought he had by creating Jurassic Park, but which actually just ended up in disaster.
In "Jurassic Park II --- The Lost World", da greedy entrepreneurs who came along after Mr. Hammond to try to re-commercialize da island thought they possesssed a huge scoop of InGenuity, as well, but their own clumsy bombastic endeavors ended up in shambles, just like their benevolent predecessor's efforts had.
by QuacksO December 17, 2020
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Redneck Ingenuity

Putting a large amount of faith in duck tape and WD-40 to fix all your problems
Friend 1: My 12 gauge fell in the marsh and broke the hand guard off on my last duck hunt. I just sprayed it with some good ole WD-Love and taped the hand guard back on and she works just fine

Friend 2: That’s some redneck ingenuity right there
by CSD02 November 27, 2021
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