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adj. to be creative in problem solving using household items. (Based of the 1980's TV series Maguyver)
"Dude, I Maguyvered it out of gum and tape and it totally worked."
maguyver by whiterose August 30, 2008
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MacGuyverism 

The uncanny ability to use ones surroundings to overcome any situation. Exceptional improvisational skills a must. Quick wit and creativity also play a major role in MacGuyverism.
I shall get us out of this situation, for I am a master of MacGuyverism!

McGuyver 

To achieve a goal through the ingenious combination of common household items, in the spirit of Richard Dean Anderson's character McGuyver, from the television series of the same name.
'I McGuyvered a bong out of a coke can and a pen'
McGuyver by analihilator November 20, 2003

MacGuyver 

noun - Great TV show which taught the average person how to avoid a crisis using everyday household items.

verb - to use the limited resources around oneself to get out of an impossible situation.
n. - yes, i WAS locked in the meat locker, but i learned how to get out on MacGuyver.

v. - so there i was, tied to chair in the middle of a burning room. luckily, i was able to MacGuyver my way out with some chewing gum, a fedora hat, the rubik's cube, and a can of Spaghetti-O's.
MacGuyver by JP November 7, 2003

MacGuyver 

To improvise and make things with whatever mis-match material is at hand. This is a name made into a verb. MacGuyver was a television show where the main character (MacGuyver) made things to get out of sticky situations.
Bob: Hey Ted what's up?

Ted: Oh nothing much Bob, just MacGuyvering a nuclear reactor with these lemons and those paper clips, and that D-Cell battery.

Bob: Shit...
MacGuyver by MacGuyvermannnn June 1, 2010

McGuyver Smoker 

is a very handy guy to have around especially when it comes to REEFER.
He can create a smoking device out of anything
Guy 1: Yo man we are out of papers.

mcguyver smoker: ok get me a toilet paper roll, a corckscrew, and some tin foil

Guy 1: we dont have a corkscrew

mcguyver: ok get me an avocado, an icepick, and my snorkel

The McGuyver Theory 

Saying that since McGuyver can make anything out of nothing, McGuyver can fix any and all problems.
Guy 1: My car battery died in the middle of nowhere
Guy 2: If McGuyver were here he would use dirt, pocket lint and catus needles to make a new car battery and drive us home.
Guy 2 used The McGuyver Theory
The McGuyver Theory by neanngis September 22, 2009
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Acronym for Non-Athletic Regular Person. Your schools lacrosse team probably shouts it at you while you walk by.
Lookie at these bunch of narps, NARP NARP NARP
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High School Liquid 

A person who can freely travel between and fit in with all high school social groups and classes.
He is high school liquid, he ate lunch with the nerds and hung out with the jocks after school.
High School Liquid by Thaedris July 30, 2008
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Purple Patch 

To describe coming into something good, coming into good luck and or good times.

Like walking over small green hills in the countryside then coming across a purple patch of flowers, thus it being unique and out of the ordinary.
I hit a real purple patch.

The other day this good thing happened unexpectedly then I was lucky with this, it was unique, I hit a real purple patch.
Purple Patch by Ralph Shitstorm October 27, 2020
Word of the Day on September 5, 2026
(Ewokese) Freedom!
And dying in yo' bed many years from now, would ya be willing ta trade all da days from dis here day ta dat fo' one chance, just one chance, ta come back here as young men an' tell our enemies dat dey may take our lives but dey will never take our freedom ... YUB NUB!
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Word of the Day on September 4, 2026
1. Meaning nasty, sexy, filthy. Popularized by Christina Aguilera.

2. Used usally as a close friend in hip-hop slang.
1. Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party Sweat drippin' over my body
Dancin' gettin' just a little naughty

2. Sup Dirrty? Haven't seen you in a while.
dirrty by Minty November 30, 2003
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Coyote Ugly

1. Place

The Bar came before the movie. It is an awesome bar where the girls know how to party and make you feel okay about giving up your money, drawers, bras, and dignity.

2. Movie

A story about a Jersey girl following her dreams, aided by working at this bar in New York.

3. Situation/Person/Decision

See other definitions - waking up next to someone so ugly you'd rather chew your arm off than wake them up.
1. Yo, Coyote Ugly is my favorite bar! I got whipped, stripped, drunk, and danced on the bar all before 7 o'clock!

2. Hey did you see Coyote Ugly? It actually has a plot!

3. Ugg I woke up to Coyote Ugly this morning!
Coyote Ugly by jerseycountry March 8, 2009
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