Mc-

Alternative forms

 * Traditionally written as Mc-, and later also as as Mc-.

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1) * 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!'
 * 1) * 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 mean
 * When he's on the scene,
 * But all the time you hear the women really yellin' his name: Filthy McNasty.
 * 1) * 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
 * 1) * 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 2 minute McSessions!
 * 1) * 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
 * 1) * 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 2 minute McSessions!
 * 1) * 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
 * 1) * 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 2 minute McSessions!
 * 1) * 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
 * 1) * 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 2 minute McSessions!
 * 1) * 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
 * 1) * 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 2 minute McSessions!
 * 1) * 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 2 minute McSessions!

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 Mac-.

Related terms

 * Mac-

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 麥
 * Mandarin:
 * Russian: