单词 | mcjob |
释义 | McJobn. colloquial and depreciative (originally U.S.). An unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects, esp. one created by the expansion of the service sector. ΚΠ 1986 Washington Post (Nexis) 24 Aug. c1 (heading) The fast-food factories: McJobs are bad for kids. 1991 D. Coupland Generation X i. i. 5 Dag..was bored and cranky after eight hours of working his McJob (‘Low pay, low prestige, low benefits, low future’). 1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 4 Apr. c3/2 So many bright and ambitious young people are wasting what should be their apprentice years in low-wage, low-skilled jobs, what are called ‘McJobs’. 1995 Face Jan. 91/2 Up to the beginning of this year he was painting houses for a living. Name a McJob and Beck has probably done it. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1986 |
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