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| Posted by: MacGyverOnline 22 April 2009 - 02:28 PM |
| I just read that the Portuguese word "Desenrascanço" is used to describe MacGyverisms. It translates to "disentangle yourself out of a bad situation". This got me thinking, that since we have quite a wide range of international members, it might be interesting to see what other words exist in your native languages to describe a MacGyverism. |
| Posted by: Beachbead 22 April 2009 - 02:44 PM |
| I wonder what other tongues describe MacGyverisms. |
| Posted by: M.TEX 22 April 2009 - 06:12 PM |
| well PORTUGUESE from Portugal is alittle bit diferent from THE SAME Portuguese WE speak in Brasil. But IF someone in BRASIL say MACGYVERISMO , to another person will understand ( BUT ) if you are from a small town lost in the Jungle or you are too young , you won't have a clue.... Macgyverismo also could be translated in many other ways . The slangs change from State to state , and as I said above , you only can undrstand if you are old enough or you come from a Big city.... I will give you ONE of the many slangs that COULD be used in my Town to express Macgyverism or MacgyverismO Macgyverismo = GATILHO , ( same as trigger ) people that use cheap or inteligent way ( sometimes NOT ) to solve a problem , with parts , tools that are handy . So , ENGATILHADOR is the person that do that kind stuff. Macgyverism. I hope we can find other ways to translate this... |
| Posted by: Astra 23 April 2009 - 10:25 AM |
| We just put an n to the word and call it "macgyvern". A lot of English words are changed to German by this, like downloading - downloaden. |
| Posted by: Beachbead 24 April 2009 - 09:19 AM |
| I see. ^^ |
| Posted by: Ignus 20 May 2009 - 07:30 AM |
| In Greek there would be several variables, we don't use the term 'MacGyverism' because the show wasn't aired long enough. XD Though the term will be recognised regardless. So... we could say: (with the verb 'do' or 'make' before the noun) ματζαφλεράκιa (matzafleRAkia) πατέντα (paTENta) κολπάκια (kolPAkia) or even use the expression 'I am going to fool the ___item to be bypassed/ circumvented/ fixed in unorthodox purposes____' Hee hee hee! Hope the greek alphabet shows. In the brackets I got the pronunciation, caps for the stress syllable.  |
| Posted by: Dragslo 25 May 2010 - 08:53 PM |
| MacGyverism in Norwegian is just simply ''MacGyverisme'' I tend to use ''macgyverish''... ''Very macagyverish!'' and that would be ''macgyversk''  |
| Posted by: youkomccants 18 November 2010 - 10:03 AM | ||
 i think the meaning of this topic is more like "what word in your language means macgyverysm", and no "translate macgyverysm to your language"...if am i correct, the brazilian portuguese translation will be "gambiarra" ou "jeitinho"... and havent nothing about triggers..... Brazilian people have a inner sense of "gambiarra", doing almost anything with simple things..... and about regions: im in são paulo, and all people i know uses "gambiarra" as a term like macgyverysm... but not only in my town... as i ever say, GAMBIARRA RULES!!  |
| Posted by: Jack Thornton 4 January 2011 - 02:39 PM |
| MacGyverism in Finnish is "MacGyverismi". |
| Posted by: MacGyverisms 9 February 2013 - 03:59 PM |
| Is MacGyverisms even in the dictionary? |
| Posted by: KiwiTek 10 February 2013 - 12:54 AM | ||
No it's not. In fact if you look in official dictionaries such as Oxford and Merrium-Webster, MacGyver isn't in the dictionary either, to spite a common belief that it is. I think the closest single word to MacGyverism would be improvise. In my favorite language (Latin) the term "To Improvise" would be ad subitum. Or maybe a more descriptive subitum cum temere frusta "improvise with random pieces"  |
| Posted by: MacGyverisms 10 February 2013 - 03:58 PM |
Thank for the info KiwiTek.   |
| Posted by: Joe SAKic 15 January 2014 - 06:45 PM | ||||
That's unbelievable and an outage.  Perhaps if he were a she had 'twerked' an improvisation with a SAK in a highly rated episode - things might be different within the Oxford Online Edition et al presently. Can we start a petition? How, when, where .....? |
| Posted by: KiwiTek 16 January 2014 - 12:55 AM |
| I was just looking at the criteria the Oxford English Dictionary use for inclusion of words. It goes something along the lines of the word having to be in use for at least 10 years and should have a general currency where it is unselfconsciously used with the expectation of being understood. Meaning they look for examples of uses of a word that are not immediately followed by an explanation of its meaning for the benefit of the reader. They also require a number of citations (preferably print for easy future reference) showing the word in use. It's a long drawn out process apparently. |
| Posted by: Joe SAKic 16 January 2014 - 06:27 AM |
| Yes, twerk (for example) has it well beat in that respect having evolved in the 80s and kept prominent and in the mainstream through various music genres. 'Selfie' has been more fast tracked though and I'd never heard of it til it suddenly became the word of the year .... and not surprising that it originated DownUnder where they've made a whole new language out of tagging on IEs/Ys/Os to commonplace words. |