On an episode of The Sopranos I recently viewed, a college student says to his college girlfriend in response to a question about why he couldn't find work in a certain region, "Not even the McCrappiest jobs were available."

I knew exactly what he meant. But I've never heard the Mc- prefix attached-to or used as an adjective before. McCrappiest as a word works for me, though...I like it.

Will the Mc- prefix (meaning the cheapest, flimsiest, etc.) now begin attaching itself to other words and become as ubiquitous, ages hence, as say re- and il-? I wonder. Will it ultimately transform into the lower case even against another consonant? i.e. mccrappiest (I actually think the sematic of this word translates better to paper this way).

Last edited by WhitmanO'Neill; 04/29/06 08:40 PM.