mcmansion
/məkmˈænʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A large, imposing and ostentatious house that lacks architectural integrity.
American usage; Derogatory; Informal
Example Sentences
- "Twenty mansions were planned for the development, each designed to look like the biggest house in town. The McMansion we thought of as ours had an enormous kitchen, more than two stories high."
- "After decades of ever-rising square footage in the McMansions that dot the suburbs, the idea of downsizing is gaining champions."
- "They're ignorant of their social status. They think because they've built a McMansion on twenty acres, they're elite—if you can stand that word."
- "Such places exist, and they exist just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, through the rainbow tunnel, where McMansions meet divination on Highway 1, Marin County, California."
- "He got out and ambled noisily into his dark, cavernous house. After leaving him and others eerily like him off at their McMansions, I often worry about who else might be inside those houses. My kids would be terrified if I came home like that at 3 a.m."
- "[…] although the show deliberately showcases various luxury goods […], the overall ambience is extraordinarily bare of style and beauty, offering instead a world of blah décor, undistinguished fashions and cavernous homes that just look like overpriced McMansions."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: Mc
Usage
- American usage
- Derogatory
- Informal