Skip to main content

McGuffin 

An object or person in a movie that has no use other than to drive the narrative forward. originally coined by alfred hitchcock.
Related Words

Maguffin 

An all encompassing part of speech meaning anything you’d like. Purported to be immature and despised by clerics and betrothed alike.

See also, maguffy, maguff, maguffed, maguffel, and maguffly
Here’s another elk maguffin right here.

I feel a little maguffy.
Maguffin by Maguffin123 September 29, 2020

maguffin 

The device in a Television Show or Movie which keeps the plot rolling, generally a character or situation.
The MacGuffin of 24's third season was the threat of a nuclear holocaust.
maguffin by SoylentGreg August 5, 2005

McGuffin 

A phrase used in detective stories to describe the one vital clue that causes the whole plot to fall in to place.
Eg.

"I couldn't figure it out...until I saw the tube of toothpaste."
McGuffin by The Truth October 20, 2003

McGuffin 

A burger from Amazing World of Gumball that means Stupid Mushroom

I made this to tell my brother I was right
I present to you, the McGuffin
McGuffin by Pudding.qq_ November 27, 2021

Mcguffin 

When a female wears a pair of colored leggings and their crotch sweats and the wet spot seeps through the leggings and is visible to everyone
My crotch was feeling sweaty and pilates and I looked down and I had a Mcguffin in my light blue leggings
Mcguffin by Dirtydentist September 21, 2022