Thursday, May 24, 2007

McDonald's begins McJob petition

An impartial outsider with no vested interest in the outcome has petitioned for a change of definition for a word. They may specialize in expedient food service, but they also like to dabble in grammar.
The Oxford English Dictionary currently describes a McJob as 'an unstimulating low-paid job with few prospects'.

McDonald's says this definition is now 'out of date and insulting', and claims a survey found that 69% of the UK population agree it needs updating.
In other news, Monsanto is requesting that Agent Orange be reclassified as a children's breakfast drink.

2 comments:

List with Laszlo said...

Are those 69% Mcshareholders? If the shoe fits Ronald, wear it.

Unknown said...

In fairness to the supposed survey, perhaps those 69% thought the Oxford English Dictionary was being too kind with its definition.