637 - ‘MacGyver.’ ‘Semicolons.’

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Last week, I talked about "MacGyvering" things, so this week, I explain what I meant. Plus, I talk about one of the most contentious punctuation marks: the semicolon. FOLLOW GRAMMAR GIRL Twitter: http://twitter.com/grammargirl Facebook: http://facebook.com/grammargirl Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/realgrammargirl Instagram: http://instagram.com/thegrammargirl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grammar-girl SPONSORS http://stitcherpremium.com/grammar (offer code GRAMMAR) http://bit.ly/grammarwebinar GRAMMAR POP iOS GAME Optimized for iPad: http://bit.ly/GrammarPopiPad For iPad and iPhone: http://bit.ly/GrammarPop GRAMMAR GIRL BOOKS http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl-book-page

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0:00.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:04.4	Grandma Girl here, I'm Minyon Faggedy.
0:06.8	This week I have a clarification about Magyver
0:09.8	and a meeting middle about semicolons.
0:12.2	Also, my Advanced AP Style webinar is on September 13th
0:16.9	about a week from now, so if you're interested, check it out soon.
0:20.5	I'll put a link in the show description.
0:22.7	And now onto Magyver.
0:24.7	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:27.0	Last week, when I was talking about the difference between duck tape and duck tape,
0:32.5	I described it as that especially strong tape that helps you magyver your way through life.
0:38.8	And the listener named Judith asked,
0:41.3	where did magyver come from as a verb?
0:44.3	And I had to laugh because, of course,
0:46.7	many of you would have no idea what I was talking about.
0:49.8	I'm so sorry.
0:51.0	I spend half my life thinking about why we say unusual phrases like taboot
0:56.0	and beyond the pale.
0:57.7	And I had a huge blind spot about magyver because it's so familiar to me.
1:03.4	Magyver was a TV show in the United States that was popular when I grew up in the 1980s.
1:09.8	I actually can't remember much about it,
1:12.4	except that it became a joke in my family that magyver could fix almost anything with duck tape.
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