Maccas (for McDonald’s)

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"Maccas" is the popular Australian English nickname for the global fast-food chain McDonald’s.

Aliases (3)

Statements (36)
Predicate Object
instanceOf brand nickname
colloquial term
nickname
appliesTo McDonald’s outlets in Australia
fast-food restaurants
associatedWith French fries
McCafé
McDonald’s branding
drive-through service
fast food
hamburgers
soft drinks
takeaway food
contrastsWith formal name McDonald’s
countryOfUsage Australia
etymologicallyDerivedFrom McDonald’s
hasCulturalRole Australian slang for McDonald’s
hasPopularity widely used in Australia
hasRegister informal
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
isAbbreviationStyle Australian hypocorism
language Australian English
partOf Australian slang
recognizedBy McDonald’s corporate branding in Australia
refersTo McDonald’s
McDonald’s Australia
shortFor McDonald’s
spellingVariantOf Macca’s
usedBy Australian customers
Australian media
McDonald’s Australia marketing
usedFor referring to eating McDonald’s food
referring to visiting McDonald’s
usedInContext advertising slogans in Australia
informal speech
social media in Australia

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
The Super Mario Bros. Movie ("McDonald's")
hasMarketingPartner
Australian English
hasVocabulary
Maccas ("McDonald’s Australia")
refersTo

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