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Oh how cool English is as a language
Jun. 6th, 2008 01:03 pmA sentence one of my fellow bartenders uttered last night while we were breaking down the bars, and packing up all the stuff to take back to the MIT Faculty club where it goes:
"I think I can MacGyver the rest of the liquor onto the Queen Mary."
A "Queen Mary", by the way, is a big wire-rack rolling cart. Imagine a set of aluminum-tube-and wire-rack shelves, and put wheels on it. That's all it is, and you stack everything on it, and then wrap it all in pallet wrap, which is just somewhat-thicker clingfilm/Saran wrap, which keeps everything from falling off.
But are there other television shows or television characters which have become verbs?
"I think I can MacGyver the rest of the liquor onto the Queen Mary."
A "Queen Mary", by the way, is a big wire-rack rolling cart. Imagine a set of aluminum-tube-and wire-rack shelves, and put wheels on it. That's all it is, and you stack everything on it, and then wrap it all in pallet wrap, which is just somewhat-thicker clingfilm/Saran wrap, which keeps everything from falling off.
But are there other television shows or television characters which have become verbs?