De Arimasu!
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Mar 2006
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May 24, 2007, 12:57 PM
Local time: May 24, 2007, 06:57 PM
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When I first encountered the term "McJob" it was indeed in Douglas Coupland's novel, Generation X. At the time I thought it was spot on, and I still think it is now. Even if they take it out of the dictionary, they won't stop people using it. It's a handy term to refer to the kind of jobs you would only take in order to keep body and soul together for a few months.
They use the term themselves, acknowledging the negative connotation of it. Dictionaries are supposed to reflect common usage, not the other way around. It is perfectly proper that this term should be in the dictionary.
So what if a McDonalds job has "prospects"? You could become a manager... that doesn't mean that the job is any good. It's still a McJob, only now you're a McManager. That's why the job doesn't have prospects, it has McProspects, as even they admit.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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