McMansions

[A. Maberry]

On Sat, 6 Nov 1999 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

> McMANSIONS
>
>    From the WALL STREET JOURNAL, 5 November 1999, pg. W14, cols. 2-5:
>
> _A Big "McMansion" Attack_
> (...) "McMansions"--those huge homes that seem to be swallowing up tiny lots everywhere.
>
>    McMansion is interesting.  McJob is a job that is worthless.  McMansion is something big and fancy.  Most of the people who lives in McMansions don't eat at McDonald's.  In fact, the article states that one owner dines at Le Cirque!

I've heard McMansion for a very large, suburban, visually  impressive but
not particularly well-built house in the Seattle area for at least the
last three years.

Allen
maberry at u.washington.edu