McCrappiest/mccrappiest - 04/29/06 08:21 PM
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).
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).
