McBoatface

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UK/məkˈbəʊtfeɪs/US/mɪkˈboʊtfeɪs/

A form of Boaty McBoatface — To hijack or troll (a vote, especially one held online; or an organization conducting such a vote), by supporting a joke option.

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Meanings

verbMcBoatface (third-person singular simple present McBoatfaces, present participle McBoatfacing, simple past and past participle McBoatfaced)

present singular third person McBoatfaces · participle present McBoatfacing · participle past McBoatfaced · past McBoatfaced

  1. abbreviationclippinghumorousneologismtransitiveClipping of Boaty McBoatface.

    There have actually been numerous other cases of McBoatfacing occurring since the original in 2016.

    2022 November 11, Tristan McKeough, “Boaty McBoatface”, in The Abingtonian: The Student News Site of Abingdon Senior High School, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2022
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    Mountain Dew got McBoatfaced when it asked the internet to name its new flavor. The internet – largely driven by members of the message boards Reddit and 4chan – obliged by naming the new flavor "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong."

    2020 October 18, Jennifer Finney Boylan, “Trump and the Boaty McBoatfacing of America”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2022

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
boaty mcboatface

Origin

Clipping of Boaty McBoatface (verb).

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Cite this entry
APA

McBoatface. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McBoatface

MLA

“McBoatface.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McBoatface. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “McBoatface,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McBoatface.

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