A fork of Rural Dictionary
Trying to make a stupid idea sound clever
Andrew: I think Australia is the best country in the world. Gary: No, you're wrong. New Zealand is the best country in the world because we have great coffees, the All Blacks, a motorway which is always congested and a housing crisis. Andrew: What's the cost of living like? Gary: It's great. We pay world price for milk, butter and cheese even though we produce it. When it comes to pay, we get New Zealand wages. Andrew: Sounds like Kiwi ingenuity to me.
A term coined by New Zealanders, which supposedly implies that Kiwis good at coming up with solutions to any problem, typically in an unconventional, unusual or in such a way that uses whatever resource is available (I.e. being innovative). New Zealanders have a habit for attaching the words “good ‘ol Kiwi” or “Kiwi” in front of a phrase, to artificially make themselves seem more interesting. To outsiders, it come across as deeply insecure - as if it is a necessity to make themselves sound more special than they are.
Kiwi 1: “During the pandemic, I attached plastic tubing to my EFTPOS reader in order to maintain 2 metres social distancing” Kiwi 2: “Woah, that’s some Kiwi Ingenuity right there!” Immigrant 1: *sarcastically* “Because nobody else in the world has thought of that” Immigrant 2: “Sounds more like good ol Kiwi bullshit”
Poor workmanship New Zealanders who confuse Heath Robinson style arrangement lashed together in a hap hazard way as a genius invention
“Nice job bro, gluing the go pro to dogs scull is kiwi ingenuity “