McJob

Created by Unknown User (est1), last modified by Unknown User (rch7) on Apr 13, 2019

n. A dead end/unpleasant job. "He’s stuck in his McJob at the local fast food establishment" (Submitted by ETreidel)As of 2012, 13% knew the word and 0% believed it to be of local origin.(Craft, G-M, 2012)As of 2019, 25% knew the word and 25% believed it to be of local origin.(Hirschhorn, G-M, 2019)

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I’ve heard "Mc-" as a prefix referring to anything that is bad, dead-end, unpleasant, commercial, mass-produced, or artificial.

Posted by era6 at Dec 02, 2008 01:58

Based on recent survey results, 27.3% of students knew this word and 9% believed it is of local origin (M. Donaldson, 2022). 

Posted by mgd5 at May 07, 2022 17:58

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