Short Stuff: MacGuffins

琐事:麦格芬

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2026-02-25

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What’s a MacGuffin? We don’t know. No one knows. But it has to do with movies and that’s fun to talk about. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  • What is a MacGuffin?

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