Unnumbered source etymology
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA patronymic used to form common Irish and Scottish names, similar to the English -son. · Used in combination with a non-name descriptive word to form mock names. · Used to form the name of McDonald's products. · Indicating a lack of depth or worth, by association with McDonald's.
Abbreviation of Mac-, from Irish and Scottish Gaelic mac (“son”).
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