Maguffin

What is Maguffin?


1.

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.

2.

An object of high value that everyone wants. Originally the term "MacGuffin" with the same meaning, used in literary plots.

Random person: "I love your car!"

Me: "I know, isn't it just a maguffin?"

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