Meanings
- uncountableA course of study introduced by McDonald's to train people to work in its fast food restaurants.
McDonald's Hamburger University was granting huge numbers of degrees in Hamburgerology, and the company was miles ahead of its next major competitor […]
1977 December, Mother Jones Magazine, volume 2, number 103 more examples
More than twenty thousand participants have earned the bachelor of hamburgerology degree, with its golden arches appearing at the bottom of the certificate.
1985, Stan Luxenberg, Roadside empires: how the chains franchised AmericaLife magazine and the CBS Evening News took note. So did academics, appalled at the idea of a degree in Hamburgerology. But Kroc's university flourished, moving into a $40 million facility […]
1999, Marshall William Fishwick, Popular culture: cavespace to cyberspaceHowever, while passing tips on about making a TV programme may have something in common with hamburgerology, finally these are quite dissimilar businesses.
2006, Justin Malbon, Understanding the global TV format
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