Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mickey mouse degree

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
mick-ey -mouse de-gree
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A university degree that is considered worthless or irrelevant.

Etymology

After Mickey Mouse, a term which can mean "worthless" or "silly" or "wimpy", or something like that. Coined by British politician Margaret Hodge in 2003.

Inflected Forms

Mickey Mouse degrees (plural)

Questions

What does mickey mouse degree mean?
A university degree that is considered worthless or irrelevant.
Where does mickey mouse degree come from?
After Mickey Mouse, a term which can mean "worthless" or "silly" or "wimpy", or something like that. Coined by British politician Margaret Hodge in 2003.

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