McBoatface en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /məkˈbəʊtfeɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /mɪkˈboʊtfeɪs/ (General-American)
Etymology
Clipping of Boaty McBoatface (verb).
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, humorous, neologism, transitive) Clipping of Boaty McBoatface.
alt of Boaty McBoatface
Mountain Dew got McBoatfaced when it asked the internet to name its new flavor. The internet – largely driven by members of the message boards Reddit and 4chan – obliged by naming the new flavor "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong."
2020 October 18, Jennifer Finney Boylan, “Trump and the Boaty McBoatfacing of America”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2022:There have actually been numerous other cases of McBoatfacing occurring since the original in 2016.
2022 November 11, Tristan McKeough, “Boaty McBoatface”, in The Abingtonian: The Student News Site of Abingdon Senior High School, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| McBoatfaces | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| McBoatfaced | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| McBoatfaced | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| McBoatfacing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |