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McBoatface
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English
Etymology
en Boaty McBoatface verb.
Pronunciation
en /məkˈbəʊtfeɪs/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-McBoatface.wav Southern England
en /mɪkˈboʊtfeɪs/ GA
en Mc Boat face
Verb
en transitive humorous neologism en Boaty McBoatface.
18 October 2020 w:Jennifer Finney Boylan Trump and the Boaty McBoatfacing of America https://web.archive.org/web/20221001094756/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/opinion/trump-boaty-mcboatface.html Mountain Dew got McBoatfaced when it asked the internet to name its new flavor. The internet – largely driven by members of the message boards Reddit and 4chan – obliged by naming the new flavor "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong."
en 11 November 2022 Tristan McKeough Boaty McBoatface The Abingtonian: The Student News Site of Abingdon Senior High School https://web.archive.org/web/20221119230212/https://theabingtonian.com/2720/features/boaty-mcboatface/ There have actually been numerous other cases of McBoatfacing occurring since the original in 2016.
Derived terms
en McBoatfacing n
Translations
clipping of Boaty McBoatface Boaty McBoatface