What is Maguffin?
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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.
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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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An acronym for the worthless offspring of my boss.
Damn. My boss's kid is such a W.O.O.M.B. He would be unemployable anywhere els..
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A horror film made in 2008 by The Beta Society featuring a killer who wears a bucket on his head and collects the privates, or "jun..
