Scrooge McDuck

English thumb|Graffiti depicting a politician Scrooge McDucking (sense 1). Etymology Verb sense evoking a recurring gag in which the wealthy eponymous cartoon duck dives into, and swims around in, a giant pile of gold coins. The etymology of the name, from Ebenezer Scrooge (alluding to his wealth) + Mc- (reflecting his Scottish ancestry) + duck (denoting his species). Verb Scrooge McDuck en slang literal To dive into money; to swim around in money. en https://archive.org/details/mrr_340/page/n28/mode/1up?q=%22scrooge+mcducking%22 Maximum Rocknroll 340 2011-09 If I had a dollar for every time some probably well-meaning but clueless dude took my instrument from my hands to hook it up or went to plug in my amp or pedals for me I'd be Scrooge McDucking it all day long en https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781515037576/page/41/mode/1up?q=%22scrooge+mcducked%22 Christmas Confessions & Cocktails: A Humorous Holiday Memoir with Sassy Drink Recipes Vicki Lesage 2015 We opened them and obscene (to us children) amounts of money fell out. Woo hoo! Money! We Scrooge McDucked, rolling on the living room floor in what was probably a pile of twenty bucks but felt like a fortune to us. en https://archive.org/details/beltwaybibletota0000nels/page/321/mode/1up?q=%22scrooge+mcduck%22 The Beltway Bible: A Totally Serious A-Z Guide to Our No-Good, Corrupt, Incompetent, Terrible, Depressing, and Sometimes Hilarious Government Eliot Nelson 2016 A misconception about selling out is that every last government official inside the Beltway is clamoring to Scrooge McDuck into a giant pool of gold coins; en https://archive.org/details/MSTCP_2019_11_27/page/n11/mode/1up?q=%22scrooge+mcducking%22 City Pages - 27 November 2019 Star Tribune 2019-11-27 The perception that restaurant owners are out here Scrooge McDucking into vaults full of money—on the whole, that’s not the case. 13 en slang figurative To revel in ones wealth and success. en https://archive.org/details/thestranger_26_17/page/n24/mode/1up?q=%22scrooge+mcduck%22 25 The Stranger (Volume 26, Issue 17) 2016-12-21 From what I can tell, the baby-faced cabal of DigiTour Winter artists, are all about ready to Scrooge McDuck through some new school coin, thanks to their adorably populist YouTube accounts and Snapchat followings. en https://archive.org/details/blackpantherwhoi0000holl/page/4/mode/1up?q=%22scrooge+mcducking%22 Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther?, a Novel of the Marvel Universe Jesse J. Holland 2017 Willabie snorted. “That old coot? The last time he deigned to talk to his youngest child, he was still Scrooge McDucking his way through the Fort Lauderdale social scene.” Noun Scrooge McDuck en slang Someone with immense wealth. en fat cat en https://archive.org/details/breezes19601960blow/page/13/mode/1up?q=%22scrooge+mcducks%22 The Breezes [1960] Blowing Rock High School 1960 I, RONNIE DUCKWORTH, do hereby will nothing because I come from a long line of "Scrooge McDucks". en https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781608190836/page/174/mode/1up?q=%22scrooge+mcducks%22 The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History FreeDarko (Collective) 2010 The NBA owners looked like cartoonish money hoarders, a gaggle of Scrooge McDucks. en https://archive.org/details/stutteringlifebo00jeze_0/page/198/mode/1up?q=%22scrooge+mcducks%22 Stuttering Marty Jezer 1997 It’s true that the Scrooge McDucks wield too much power here, en https://archive.org/details/B-001-000-765/page/n22/mode/1up?q=%22scrooge+mcducks%22 Seattle Weekly Vol. 38, No. 44 2013-10-30 The flour industry’s Scrooge McDucks did not appreciate the potential competition. en https://archive.org/details/usmodernist-AIANY-2014-4/page/24/mode/1up?q=%22scrooge+mcducks%22 Oculus; Volume 76, Issue 4 2014 Some buyers are flipping units, not living in them; de Portzamparc strongly wants this building used for both hospitality and homes, but demurs on how to ensure it becomes a community of New Yorkers, not a casino for global Scrooge McDucks. en https://archive.org/details/campaigningforpr0000hamm/page/860/mode/1up?q=%22scrooge+mcducks%22 Campaigning for President in America, 1788-2016 Scott J. Hammond 2016 the gulf between the party that genuinely cared for the people, the Democrats, and the Scrooge McDucks in the GOP. en slang A greedy person. en https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780965711302/page/88/mode/1up?q=%22scrooge+mcducks%22 Fatherhood - a Journey Through Dan Peavler 1997 With dollar signs in our eyes, we stared at the pennies like a pack of Scrooge McDucks. en https://archive.org/details/greatradioaudien0000coxj/page/34/mode/1up?q=%22scrooge+mcducks%22 The Great Radio Audience Participation Shows: Seventeen Programs from the 1940s and 1950s Jim Cox 2001 In later years one analyst claimed that these programs turned Americans into “a nation of moneygrubbing Scrooge McDucks.” en https://archive.org/details/hongkongmacau2010000atki/page/83/mode/1up?q=%22scrooge+mcducks%22 Hong Kong & Macau 2010 Kim Atkinson 2010 Even the Scrooge McDucks of the world will fall for the complimentary minibar. en https://archive.org/details/criticalperspect0000unse_n5y4/page/106/mode/1up?q=%22scrooge+mcducks%22 Critical Perspectives on Climate Change Stephen Feinstein 2017 He suggests — pretty convincingly, to my ears — that the right has a perfectly coherent strategy for mitigating the threat of climate change, and it isn't just to ignore it so they can keep hoarding wealth while everyone else suffers, like so many Scrooge McDucks. Further reading en People Money en eponyms terms derived from Duckburg and Mouseton