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Meaning of McHell | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. McDonald's (the fast food restaurant chain).
    derogatory, slang
  2. Hell (used in allusion to the McDonald's brand or to similar large corporations).
    humorous, nonce-word, uncountable

Examples

“I work at McHell and I could have all the beanie babies I want...In fact I do, I have three unopened sets from the last promotion.”
“BTW, I worked at McHell from '86 til '96. Caught the tail end of the good McD's and saw them sink slowly down to their current sad state.”
“During my time in McHell I disallowed DeLoreans […], cars driving through backward […], and people who thought they were at Wendy's […], but I never disallowed motorcycles, or horses.”
“(title)”
“There are infinite possibilities to create your local McDonald's an utter McHell. Don't consider it illegal (most of it isn't...) consider it more of a public service. Yeah... That's it.”
“I'm also of the opinion that McDonald's standards of operations have gone to McHell since Ray Kroc passed away.”
“For the corporation, still insisting that the trial is not about freedom of speech but about the right to stop people telling lies, it is McHell.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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