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Appendix:Variations of "mc" English Alternative forms Traditionally written as Mc-, and later also as Mc-. Sometimes also seen as M’- in earlier texts. Etymology Abbreviation of en Mac-, from en ga,gd mac son. Pronunciation en /mək/ /mɪk/ /mæk/ before an unstressed syllable en Mack Mac Prefix A patronymic used to form common Irish and Scottish names, similar to the English -son. en often derogatory Used in combination with a non-name descriptive word to form mock names.Katy Waldman From Cool McCool to Boaty McBoatface: An Investigationy McInvestigation http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2016/03/25/boaty_mcboatface_mcdreamy_tits_mcgee_and_the_internet_s_favorite_naming.html Slate 25 March 2016 8 March 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181007092353/http://www.slate.com:80/blogs/lexicon_valley/2016/03/25/boaty_mcboatface_mcdreamy_tits_mcgee_and_the_internet_s_favorite_naming.html 7 October 2018 en shit McShit en stupid McStupid 1950 Gerald McBoing Boing (cartoon short): "Nyah-nyah!" they all shouted. "Your name's not McCloy! You're Gerald McBoing Boing, the noise-making boy!' 1968 Eddie Jefferson "Filthy McNasty" (lyrics for a 1961 instrumental of the same name by Horace Silver): His body is lean.His feet aren't clean.His mouth is real meanWhen he's on the scene,But all the time you hear the women really yellin' his name: Filthy McNasty. en 2005 Daniel J. Hill Divinity and Maximal Greatness Routledge 0415312884 http://books.google.com/books?id=u4vlhAlU5j8C&pg=PT72&dq=mcstupid&sig=7OLpi-l16NtWL6W-PxqsfMHpjVc#PPT56,M1 44 Alternatively, one may make the example a bit sharper by discussing a being, call him 'McStupid', that always knows who he is, but knows nothing else. en 2006 Brigid Lowry Guitar Highway Rose Macmillan 0312342969 http://books.google.com/books?id=vJRnTI63jdEC&pg=PA29&dq=mcsmart&sig=1DXP29AhJDvx8spH3CItLBpL3Ms#PPA29,M1 29 I bet Thomas McSmart-arse makes some dumb comment about my nose-ring. en 2007 Martha Kimes Ivy Briefs: True Tales of a Neurotic Law Student Simon and Schuster 0743288386 http://books.google.com/books?id=4uRYB_wr5jAC&pg=PA173&dq=mcasshole&sig=-fevXYTgPo6Sed54bRr7iu1pT4g 173 And when she's not at the Law Review office, she's out with her goddamn Law Review friends. Goddamn Art McAsshole and goddamn Lisa Von- Bitchypants and the worst — the very worst — is that goddamn Charlotte Sidwell. en business Used to form the name of McDonald's products. en i- Apple en griddle McGriddle en muffin McMuffin en rib w:McRib en café w:McCafé en derogatory en by extension derogatory Indicating a lack of depth or worth, by association with McDonald's. en car McCar en church McChurch en job McJob en mansion McMansion en dojo McDojo 1983 Wallace Marx, "It's Not How Long You Make It," New York Magazine, Vol. 16, No. 50 (19 Dec 1983), p11 Sesame Street is "McEducation." Like things served by the golden arches, Sesame Street has at once elevated the dregs and lowered the quality to mediocrity 1995 Christopher Lloyd, Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo, "Dark Victory", Frasier, Season 2, Episode 24 (aired 23rd May 1995), spoken by Niles Crane (played by David Hyde Pierce) Two years of hard work wiped out by one of your two-minute McSessions! en 2003 Anthony Wright British politics: a very short introduction 35 Oxford University Press Some of the techniques have been imported from the United States, but Britain's tight political and media village is now the European market leader in this kind of McPolitics. en derogatory en by extension derogatory humorous Indicating an increase in availability or an increase in consumerism causing items to be more readily available. en nuke McNuke Usage notes In alphabetical listings of people's names (Sense 1), as in address books or telephone directories, Mc- is often treated as if it were spelled en Mac-. Whereas en Mac- may be followed by a capital or lowercase letter, Mc- generally only takes a capital letter: en Mackenzie or en MacKenzie, but en McKenzie and not **Mckenzie Derived terms en en derogatory Related terms en Mac- en Mag- Translations Irish and Scottish patronymic Chinese: Cantonese: yue 麥 mak6 Mandarin: cmn 麥 mài Dutch: nl Mc-, nl Mac- Russian: ru Мак- See also en McWord References Anagrams en cm CM cM