Meaning of McDonaldsesque | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [C2]

Examples

“At $1.75 it was the best deal⟳, because instead of a McDonaldsesque square of ground-up fish⟳, you got an actual fillet that extended beyond the ends of a hot dog bun.”

“Moreover, in current global exchange⟳ structures, whether they are McDonaldsesque or Disneyesque or instead derive from worthy indigenous roots, cultural communities and values disperse only as widely as their reach⟳ permits them too,^([sic]) and worse, are routinely drowned out by other communities with larger megaphones who impinge on them.”

“[…]; and in 'This Spud's for You,' a chemical is added to growing potatoes so that the fries sold at the McDonaldsesque 'Burpo Burger' will transform⟳ consumers into forgetful and clumsy geriatrics.”

“The hybridizing of US country music with other forms – a kind of indigenization also familiar to scholars of global culture – contributes to the notion of the transnational rural without suggesting a McDonaldsesque ‘McCountry’ homogeneity (the kind of criticism usually levelled at country music mega-stars such as Dolly Parton or Shania Twain; Jensen, 1998).”

“For a look⟳ at how those “other” tourists are spending their vacation, let’s pay⟳ a quick visit⟳ to the Fort Street Tourism Village, a McDonaldsesque walled compound where the tender boats from the cruise ships dock.”

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