mcmansion
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- noun
- /ˈɛmˌsiˈmænʃən/
- Literature
- It's the same people who are building McMansions with styrofoam molding and vinyl windows, thinking this is acceptable.
- mcmansion an eyesore
- mcmansions in a subdivision
- buy a mcmansion
Examples
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She lives in, uh, one of these McMansions she bought outside of Reno.
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$250k buys a big McMansion on a small lot in Riverside.
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So many people think they need a McMansion to raise a family, and the question is why?
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Are you guys still in that McMansion on Bishop?
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So if a house is large but built well, then it's not a McMansion?
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You're right, the term "McMansion" does get thrown around a lot.
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My pet peeve along those lines is the McMansion: too much house on an insufficient plot of land.
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The conversion of many of the newer McMansions to mini-apartments is a definite possibility.
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1. 2500 sq ft is not a McMansion; it's more like a middle-class, three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath house.
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Many families are choosing to move into a McMansion instead of a smaller, traditional home.
Synonyms
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A very large, impressive house often with many rooms and gardens
Antonyms
How Showy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mcmansion comes from Mc-, as in McDonald's, and mansion ('large house'). The Mc- part suggests 'mass-produced' or 'fast-food' style, so a mcmansion is a very large house that looks cheaply made and almost the same as others.