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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--McJob McJob (muhk-JOB) noun A low-paying, non-challenging job with few benefits or opportunities, typically in the service sector. [Coined by Douglas Coupland, in his novel Generation X, after McDonald's fast-food chain.] -Anu Garg (garg AT wordsmith.org) "While Manitoba's Doer administration negatively labelled the customer contact centre opportunities as McJobs, Hamm saw the potential of customer contact centres for creating high-calibre careers." Steve Demmings; Province Missing Boat Attracting High-tech Jobs; Winnipeg Free Press; Feb 3, 2006 X-Bonus War, at first, is the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation that the other fellow will be worse off; then, the satisfaction that he isn't any better off; and, finally, the surprise at everyone's being worse off. -Karl Kraus, writer (1874-1936)

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