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Golden Arches en · PROPN

Etymology

From the large yellow plastic logo of the letter M, from the design of the first restaurants, which incorporated large yellow arches.

Meanings

  1. A McDonald's restaurant.
    • Suzan-Lori Parks is drawn to archways. Early on in her New York life, long before she became one of the nation’s most acclaimed playwrights, she lived above a McDonald’s on Sixth Avenue — the Golden Arches. 2022 October 5, Michael Paulson, “Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2022:
  2. (broadly) The McDonald's company, or the fast food industry in general.

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Relateds

Mickey D · Maccas · McJob · McDonaldization · Mickey D's · McWorld