Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large new house, usually constructed as part of a suburban development and characterized by ostentation rather than quality of workmanship or architectural distinction.
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- noun informal A large,
imposing andostentatious house that lacksarchitectural integrity
Etymologies
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Examples
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"The term 'McMansion' is clearly intended as a pejorative label, and there is much to be critical of here," says architecture critic Naomi Stead, a project partner.
Robyn Griggs Lawrence: How to Green a McMansion? Tear It Down and Build Two Homes In Its Place Robyn Griggs Lawrence 2011
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"The term 'McMansion' is clearly intended as a pejorative label, and there is much to be critical of here," says architecture critic Naomi Stead, a project partner.
Robyn Griggs Lawrence: How to Green a McMansion? Tear It Down and Build Two Homes In Its Place Robyn Griggs Lawrence 2011
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"The term 'McMansion' is clearly intended as a pejorative label, and there is much to be critical of here," says architecture critic Naomi Stead, a project partner.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Robyn Griggs Lawrence 2011
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By the way does this bimbo from Nevada actually believe a wealthy doctor who lives in a McMansion is going to accept chickens, bags of potatoes or home made crafts for payment??
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We even got our first knockdown, where an outdated ranch home was kocked down and a McMansion is being put up in its place.
House Prices, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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On top of that, the likelihood of any owner in the finca building a 10,000 sq. ft McMansion is actually very low as all of us are deeply committed to sustainability.
ECO EWOK TREEHOUSES: Finca Bellavista Rainforest Village | Inhabitat 2008
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With an asking price of $3.5 million, this McMansion is definitely not on the value menu.
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Other homes have also extended upwards. the McMansion is slowly eating up these little homes (we're surrounded behind and off to the rear sides by these monsters) but others simply extend up with what they have (pretty).
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In other words, heating up your ex-urbian McMansion is right now turning Appalachia into Arizona and New Mexico.
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In other words, heating up your ex-urbian McMansion is right now turning Appalachia into Arizona and New Mexico.
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