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McGyver's solutions were supposed to be clever and ingenious and "who'd'a thought you could do that when there's nothing to work with" - i.e., a Good Thing. Kludge, on the other hand, suggests to me an inferior product, barely functioning, held together with Scotch tape and chewing gum, often for the purpose of saving money - i.e. a Bad Thing. It invokes a feeling of cheap (sometimes unavoidable) rather than inexpensive. Admiration for originality is strictly situation-dependent.
That said - I think Anu's daily definitions have to be compressed in the interest of brevity, and can sound oversimplified; I'm sure he is more nuanced when he actually uses the words than he can be in the AWAD entry.
As an aside - I'm speaking only for myself as a member of this forum and have no official connection with Wordsmith, and I'm not even sure how often Anu looks over our entries and comments here. The Daily Word also has a space at the bottom for comments, if you don't mind a more public place for your inquiry, There's also an "official" private email address of, I believe, "words at wordsmith.org" with the @-symbol replacing the " at " (the usual email format).
And let me add my welcome to Luke's above!
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted On McGyver and its synonyms Wordster 05/02/19 08:36 AM Re: On McGyver and its synonyms LukeJavan8 05/02/19 04:05 PM On McGyver and its synonyms wofahulicodoc 05/02/19 08:55 PM Re: On McGyver and its synonyms Tackett 05/11/19 12:11 PM Re: On McGyver and its synonyms LukeJavan8 05/11/19 03:52 PM
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