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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread legislating language: McJob #167061 03/21/2007 1:14 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York McDonald's is fighting definitions all the way to the OED: http://www.suntimes.com/business/305589,CST-FIN-mcjobs21.articleprint Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: legislating language: McJob AnnaStrophic #167062 03/21/2007 1:40 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass JFTR, McJob doesn't seem to appear in the 11th ed. of M-W Collegiate, but can be found in their unabridged: a low-paying job that requires little skill and provides little opportunity for advancement and it doesn't fare much better in AHD4: Slang A job, usually in the retail or service sector, that is low paying, often temporary, and offers minimal or no benefits or opportunity for promotion. -joe (McRet.) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: legislating language: McJob tsuwm #167065 03/21/2007 3:59 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 McDonald's can't have the dictionaries changed. Dictionaries are there to report on meanings, no voice opinions on them. If a term is considered negative or demeaning, then that is what they must report. They're not there to cow-tow to big business. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: legislating language: McJob belMarduk #167067 03/21/2007 4:36 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago They're not there to cow-tow to big business. Yet, the bigger the effect on "culture" that businesses have the more words that regard/relate/respond to them get recognized as *actual. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: legislating language: McJob musick #167073 03/21/2007 7:10 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Here's some commentary posted on Language Log. The OED definition is An unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects, esp. one created by the expansion of the service sector. Last edited by AnnaStrophic; 03/21/2007 7:13 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: legislating language: McJob AnnaStrophic #167076 03/21/2007 9:26 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC McDonalds CAN change this definition. All they have to do is institute corporate changes so that McJob will come to mean employment in an arena where highly-skilled workers are paid what they are worth while being intrinsically valued as vital parts of a caring concerned family? Like that's gonna happen! TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: legislating language: McJob TEd Remington #167222 03/27/2007 6:45 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Here's the NPR program On the Media's take on the story. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: legislating language: McJob AnnaStrophic #167223 03/27/2007 8:02 PM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand mcgyver: To fix or construct something using only the materials at hand, such as a paper clip a drinking straw and a mirror. 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