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McVeillance

McVeillance noun: surveillance alongside banning people from sousveillance.

Noun

McVeillance (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) Surveillance alongside banning people from sousveillance.

Origin of McVeillance

Coined by Canadian wearable computing researcher and professor Steve Mann, from surveillance and McDonald's (as opposed to sur (“over”) as in surveillance).

Questions about McVeillance

What does McVeillance mean?
McVeillance means surveillance alongside banning people from sousveillance.
What part of speech is McVeillance?
McVeillance is a noun.

Words near McVeillance in the dictionary

  1. McVays
  2. McVearry
  3. McVearrys
  4. McVeigh
  5. McVeighs
  6. McVeillance
  7. McVey
  8. McVeys
  9. McVicar
  10. McVicars
  11. McVicker

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