McHell

English

Etymology

Mc- +‎ hell

Proper noun

McHell

1. (slang, derogatory) McDonald's (the fast food restaurant chain).
   • 1996 April 16, Ashley Jones, “WTD: 1998 Teenie Beanies”, in alt.food.mcdonalds‎^[1] (Usenet):

     I work at McHell and I could have all the beanie babies I want...In fact I do, I have three unopened sets from the last promotion.

   • 1997 June 15, Ken Beard, “does making the big mac?”, in alt.food.mcdonalds‎^[2] (Usenet):

     BTW, I worked at McHell from '86 til '96. Caught the tail end of the good McD's and saw them sink slowly down to their current sad state.

   • 2000 October 23, Kirk Pearson, “They screw you at the Drivethrough (Moto related)”, in rec.motorcycles‎^[3] (Usenet):

     During my time in McHell I disallowed DeLoreans […] , cars driving through backward […] , and people who thought they were at Wendy's […] , but I never disallowed motorcycles, or horses.

Noun

McHell (uncountable)

1. (nonce word, humorous) Hell (used in allusion to the McDonald's brand or to similar large corporations).
   • 1990 December 17, “The Promotion from McHell”, in Adweek, volume 40, A/S/M Communications, page 19:

     (title)

   • 1994 March 30, Charlie X, “Screwing over your local McDonald's”, in Phrack Magazine‎^[4], volume 5, number 45:

     There are infinite possibilities to create your local McDonald's an utter McHell. Don't consider it illegal (most of it isn't...) consider it more of a public service. Yeah... That's it.

   • 1996 December 16, Holly Moore, “Houston”, in rec.food.restaurants‎^[5] (Usenet):

     I'm also of the opinion that McDonald's standards of operations have gone to McHell since Ray Kroc passed away.

   • 1997, John Vidal, Mclibel, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 17:

     For the corporation, still insisting that the trial is not about freedom of speech but about the right to stop people telling lies, it is McHell.