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McWorld

noun

Etymology

From Mc- + world.

  1. inherited from *weraldiz✻ — “lifetime, human existence, world”
  2. inherited from *weraldi✻
  3. inherited from weorold — “world”
  4. inherited from world
  5. prefixed as mcworld — “Mc + world”

Definitions

  1. The spreading of McDonald's restaurants throughout the world as the result of…

    The spreading of McDonald's restaurants throughout the world as the result of globalization.

  2. The effects of international McDonaldization of services and commercialization of goods…

    The effects of international McDonaldization of services and commercialization of goods and services as an element of globalization as a whole.

    • Pret a Manger, the veddy British chain, has gained a foothold in our McWorld of burgers and fries, where you can fun-size this, combo that and, let’s face it, sort of expect sullen service.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for McWorld. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA