Another thing that fascinates me about our language is the phrases that become a part of our everyday language that comes from TV and movies. I hear the term McGyverism used alot lately or I am going to McGyver this thing til it works. MacGyver was a TV show where Richard Dean Anderson played an agent(McGyver or Mac) who always had a way to make what he needed to get out of a jam. A lot of sciece and scrounging whatever was handy.(or what the prop guy made sure was handy! LOL)
I hear diferant phrases and I think yep I remember that show.
When my dad had to make something do on the car he would call it jerry rigging.