McDonaldize
/məkˈdɒnldʌɪz/(also McDonaldise)
verb
[with object] To make (something) resemble the McDonald's restaurant chain or its food; (in extended use) to organize in a way suggestive of features associated with McDonald's, especially with reference to the type of efficient, standardized, corporate business or culture regarded as epitomized by McDonald's.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Business Week. From the name of the McDonald'sCorporation + -ize.
- with one's back to (or up against) the wall
- with one's bare hands
- with one's compliments
- with one's eyes open
- with one's eyes shut (or closed)
- with one's hand in the cookie jar
- with one's head in the clouds
- with one's heart in one's boots
- with one's nose in the air
- with one's tail between one's legs
- with one's tail up
- with one voice
- with open arms
- with open eyes
- with (or in or having) regard to
- with (or in) reference to
- with (or with all due) respect
- without
- without accident
- without (a) doubt
- without a murmur
- without cease
- without ceremony
- without end
- without exception