Etymology

mercy buckets

Today it means: Thanks very much. Full definition →

French merci beaucoup
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  1. French · derived frommerci beaucoup“thanks a lot”
  2. English todaymercy buckets

A jocular malapropism (or phono-semantic matching) of French merci beaucoup (“thanks a lot”); influenced by buckets of (“lots of”).

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