Meaning of Mc- | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A patronymic used to form common Irish and Scottish names, similar to the English -son.
   morpheme
2. Used in combination with a non-name descriptive word to form mock names.
   derogatory, morpheme, often
3. Used to form the name of McDonald's products.
   morpheme
4. Indicating a lack of depth or worth, by association with McDonald's.
   broadly, derogatory, morpheme
5. Indicating an increase in availability or an increase in consumerism causing items to be more readily available.
   broadly, derogatory, humorous, morpheme

Examples

“Mc- + shit → McShit”

“Mc- + stupid → McStupid”

“"Nyah-nyah!" they all shouted. "Your name's not McCloy! You're Gerald McBoing Boing, the noise-making boy!'”

“His body is lean. His feet aren't clean. His mouth is real mean When he's on the scene, But all the time you hear the women really yellin' his name: Filthy McNasty.”

“Alternatively, one may make the example a bit sharper by discussing a being, call him 'McStupid', that always knows who he is, but knows nothing else.”

“I bet Thomas McSmart-arse makes some dumb comment about my nose-ring.”

“And when she's not at the Law Review office, she's out with her goddamn Law Review friends. Goddamn Art McAsshole and goddamn Lisa Von- Bitchypants and the worst — the very worst — is that goddamn Charlotte Sidwell.”

“Mc- + griddle → McGriddle”

“Mc- + muffin → McMuffin”

“Mc- + rib → McRib”

“Mc- + café → McCafé”

“Mc- + car → McCar”

“Mc- + church → McChurch”

“Mc- + job → McJob”

“Mc- + mansion → McMansion”

“Sesame Street is "McEducation." Like things served by the golden arches, Sesame Street has at once elevated the dregs and lowered the quality to mediocrity”

“Two years of hard work wiped out by one of your 2 minute McSessions!”

“Some of the techniques have been imported from the United States, but Britain's tight political and media village is now the European market leader in this kind of McPolitics.”

“Mc- + nuke → McNuke”

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