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McHell

McHell proper noun: mcDonald's (the fast food restaurant chain).

Proper noun

McHell

  1. (derogatory, slang) McDonald's (the fast food restaurant chain).
    • I work at McHell and I could have all the beanie babies I want...In fact I do, I have three unopened sets from the last promotion.1996 April 16, Ashley Jones, “WTD: 1998 Teenie Beanies”, in alt.food.mcdonalds (Usenet)
    • BTW, I worked at McHell from '86 til '96. Caught the tail end of the good McD's and saw them sink slowly down to their current sad state.1997 June 15, Ken Beard, “does making the big mac?”, in alt.food.mcdonalds (Usenet)

Noun

McHell (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, nonce-word) Hell (used in allusion to the McDonald's brand or to similar large corporations).
    • (title)1990 December 17, “The Promotion from McHell”, in Adweek, volume 40, A/S/M Communications, page 19
    • There are infinite possibilities to create your local McDonald's an utter McHell. Don't consider it illegal (most of it isn't...) consider it more of a public service. Yeah... That's it.1994 March 30, Charlie X, “Screwing over your local McDonald's”, in Phrack Magazine, volume 5, number 45

Examples of McHell in a sentence

  • During my time in McHell I disallowed DeLoreans […], cars driving through backward […], and people who thought they were at Wendy's […], but I never disallowed motorcycles, or horses.2000 October 23, Kirk Pearson, “They screw you at the Drivethrough (Moto related)”, in rec.motorcycles (Usenet):
  • I'm also of the opinion that McDonald's standards of operations have gone to McHell since Ray Kroc passed away.1996 December 16, Holly Moore, “Houston”, in rec.food.restaurants (Usenet):
  • For the corporation, still insisting that the trial is not about freedom of speech but about the right to stop people telling lies, it is McHell.1997, John Vidal, Mclibel, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 17:

Origin of McHell

From Mc- + hell.

Questions about McHell

What does McHell mean?
McHell means mcDonald's (the fast food restaurant chain).
How do you use McHell in a sentence?
During my time in McHell I disallowed DeLoreans […], cars driving through backward […], and people who thought they were at Wendy's […], but I never disallowed motorcycles, or horses.
What part of speech is McHell?
McHell can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near McHell in the dictionary

  1. McHatton
  2. McHattons
  3. MCHC
  4. McHeffey
  5. McHeffeys
  6. McHell
  7. MChem
  8. McHenery
  9. McHenerys
  10. McHenry
  11. McHenry County

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