McMansions (was: Boughten bread)

[Towse]

RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 12/10/03 12:27:37 PM, fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU writes:

>>I think the "Mc" in McMansion must be inspired by the cookie-cutter nature
>>of the houses, since grandiosity or size are not particularly associated
>>with McDonald's.

> But perhaps just as fast food could be thought of as a kind of a cheap
> imitation of "real" food, so are small houses with pillars and porticos a kind of
> cheap imitation of "real" mansions. This would work for the US usage, at any
> rate.

Out here in the heart of Silicon Valley, our Mediterranean-style
McMansions tend to have Taco Bell tile roofs.

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Sal

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