Boaty McBoatface

English 2025 February 2 Etymology thumb|A drawing of the autonomous underwater vehicle Boaty McBoatface (proper noun), named by an online poll. The proper noun was en James Hand - the British BBC Radio Jersey presenter 2016 1 1 as a humorous response to a public online poll held by the British government to name a new polar research ship. Despite the fact that “Boaty McBoatface” won decisively, receiving 33% of the overall vote (over three times as many as the second most favoured option), the organizers of the poll ultimately named the ship after British broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough. The name was instead given to one of the autonomous underwater vehicles (pictured) carried aboard the ship.Tom Whipple Boaty McBoatface tops poll but will vote be scuppered? w:The Times https://web.archive.org/web/20210729194953/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boaty-mcboatface-tops-poll-but-will-vote-be-scuppered-mmgddzn9z London w:News UK 18 April 2016 0140-0460 909100542. The noun may be analyzed as en boat -y diminutive suffix + en Mc- patronymic commonly used to form Irish and Scottish names boat face, and was possibly modelled after “Hooty McOwlface”, a name given to an adopted owl which went viral on the Internet in 2012.en Anne Miller; John Mitchinson QI: What is the collective noun for a group of owls? w:The Daily Telegraph https://web.archive.org/web/20220906073919/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/qi/10727010/QI-what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-owls.html London w:Telegraph Media Group 3 April 2014 0307-1235 635239717. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation en /ˈbəʊti məkˈbəʊtfeɪs/ RP en /ˈboʊti mɪkˈboʊtfeɪs/ [-ɾi-] GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Boaty McBoatface.wav Southern England en Boaty Mc Boat face Proper noun 1 An autonomous underwater vehicle launched in 2017, currently in service with the British Antarctic Survey to study the polar oceans. from 2016 en 11 May 2016 David Cameron, Prime Minister Engagements House of Commons Debates https://web.archive.org/web/20240805190609/https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-05-11/debates/16051142000014/Engagements w:House of Commons of the United Kingdom London w:Parliament of the United Kingdom 609 617 I am proud to say that the royal Arctic survey ship will be named after David Attenborough. There was strong support for Boaty McBoatface. I think the submarine on the boat will be named Boaty McBoatface but, quite rightly, Attenborough will take top billing. en 17 October 2016 Jonathan Amos Arctic Crossing Planned for ‘Boaty’ Sub w:BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20241130205956/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37685883 The UK's favourite new yellow submarine, Boaty McBoatface, is in training for grand challenge. Scientists plan to send the long-range autonomous vehicle under the sea-ice of the Arctic – from one side of the ocean basin to the other. en 10 August 2024 Georgina Rannard Down into the Ocean’s ‘Twilight Zone’ with Boathy McBoatface w:BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20241008233849/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy849kzep98o With sheets of water pouring from its body, the UK's most famous robot – Boaty McBoatface – was winched up after 55 days at sea. Boaty has completed a more-than-2,000km scientific odyssey from Iceland that could change what we know about the pace of climate change. It was hunting for marine snow – "poo, basically" in the words of one researcher. This refers to tiny particles that sink to the ocena floor, storing huge amounts of carbon. See also Appendix:Snowclones/Xy McXface Verb 1 en transitive humorous neologism To hijack or troll (a vote, especially one held online; or an organization conducting such a vote), by supporting a joke option. from 2016 en McBoatface en 3 May 2016 GeorgeWept 727491703515451392 https://web.archive.org/web/20221213221334/https://twitter.com/GeorgeWept/status/727491703515451392 Donald Trump is Boaty McBoatfacing the presidential election. en 28 February 2022 Sonny Bunch 98: Is the Video Game Movie Curse Broken? The Bulwark https://web.archive.org/web/20221207021831/https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/98-is-the-video-game-movie-curse-broken/ On this week's episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) ask if the Oscars made a big mistake by allowing a potential Boaty McBoatfacing situation by opening up voting to the Twitter-based masses. An adjective use. en 28 March 2022 Sarah Marrs The Chaoscars Lainey Gossip https://web.archive.org/web/20221119230209/https://www.laineygossip.com/the-2022-oscars-were-a-bald-faced-meltdown-on-a-global-stage/70657 The Oscars got Boaty McBoatfaced and that's like, the sixth worst headline of the night, that's how bad the show was. 29 March 2022 Stuart Heritage If it takes Will Smith's slap to make people watch the Oscars, is it doomed? https://web.archive.org/web/20221119230210/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/mar/29/oscars-will-smith-slap-chris-rock-doomed Some of the time was ceded to "fan favourite" movies voted for by the public, but the segment was inevitably Boaty McBoatfaced by a handful of hardcore Zack Snyder zealots, which meant that Hollywood's most prestigious night had to grind to a halt so that everyone could watch the Flash enter the Speed Force. Derived terms en McBoatface en McBoatfacing n Translations to hijack or troll (a vote, especially one held online; or an organization conducting such a vote), by supporting a joke option Finnish: fi täyttää yleisöäänestys vitsiäänillä Macedonian: mk References Further reading Boaty McBoatface 1 RRS Sir David Attenborough#Naming poll RRS Sir David Attenborough – Naming poll en compound nouns en Watercraft