http://wordie.org/words/macguffin Comments for the word 'Macguffin' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/macguffin#comments "Two men {are} in a train. One man says, 'What's that package up there in the baggage rack?' And the other answers, 'Oh that's a McGuffin.' The first one asks 'What's a McGuffin?' 'Well' the other man says, 'It's an apparatus for trapping lions in the Scottish Highlands.' The first man says, 'But there are no lions in the Scottish Highlands,' and the other one answers 'Well, then that's no McGuffin!' " -- Alfred Hitchcock Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:45:25 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/macguffin#comments http://wordie.org/words/macguffin#comments Good description on <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.MacGuffin">TVTropes</a>. Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:40:13 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/macguffin#comments