I really enjoy finding multiple uses for things or meeting a special need with an item designed for something else entirely. For example, I use an IV pole to hold a mirror so I can cut my own hair, and as a clothes rack the rest of the time. Is there an adjective that describes this practice or a noun that is this practice? Thanks!
2007-01-01 03:00:37 · 10 answers · asked by Lily 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Thanks to all who tried. Maybe the word I am looking for just doesn't exist. This would be a positive word describing a positive act or situation of creativity. Ersatz, substitute and misuse are missing the positiveness. Any other ideas?
To the thumbs down voter, hmmm, my interest must not be yours, but why is it a bad question?
2007-01-03 03:12:41 · update #1
Ersatz (German), or substitute. Kludge is also used for that purpose.
2007-01-01 03:02:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intended purpose... "alternate use"
"bastardize" or "make-shift"
There are others that would be politacally incorrect. It's initials are N R... R being "rigged". I don't know where that came from.
2007-01-01 04:39:05 · answer #2 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well needless to say, performing such an action is only limited by one's own imagination; having said that, the item could be termed "multifunctional"; "substitute" is another.
2007-01-01 03:12:47 · answer #3 · answered by Matt49er 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Improvise, or improvisation. Using an object meant for one thing to do another.
2007-01-01 03:10:40 · answer #4 · answered by Beau R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have the answer but I am looking for the exact same word out of the exact same reasons! Are you german?
2015-11-11 11:59:42 · answer #5 · answered by Diana 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is Idiom!
2014-10-03 14:10:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
misuse
2007-01-01 03:03:26 · answer #7 · answered by miss_kiki4 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
euphemism... is the required word... i guess...
YOU BETTER CHECK OUT THE DICTIONARY MEANING OF THIS WORD.
2007-01-01 03:10:43 · answer #8 · answered by go4sambhav 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
contaminating
2007-01-01 03:07:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
MISUSE
2007-01-01 03:28:10 · answer #10 · answered by coolsmiley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋