McHell

M3C3H4E1L1L1

proper noun

McDonald's (the fast food restaurant chain).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. derogatoryslangMcDonald'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)
    2 more examples

    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)

    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)
nounMcHell (uncountable)
  1. humorousnonce worduncountableHell (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
    3 more examples

    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

    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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
maccy d'smcdonald's

Origin

From Mc- + hell.

Full word history & related roots →
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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