mcmansion

The term "McMansion" describes any spread out, land eating, mass produced house (AKA single family "home"), most likely made of brick and having a multi-layered roofline/frontage that faces the far away street. It is of the sort most common for the last two decades in the U.S.

They could be (and most often are it seems) only one to one and one half stories, but very rarely exceed 2 to 2 1/2 stories. They range in price from middle income to upper upper income (anything that's over 500K (in most of the interior southeast/midwest) should be designed by an architect anyway.

We can blame our upwardly mobile, disposable national culture, the housing bubble, and to some degree HGTV for perpetuting this phenomenon.

Other space eaters that contribute to suburban/metropolitan sprawl include the ranch house/rambler, the patio home
, and the "florida house."

With any luck, the oil crash will make livestock pens out of these architectural mistakes.

The only type of house those greedy developers seem to build in this metropolitan area is the mcmansion.

The mcmansion seems to go hand in hand with the big box retailers

What was canopied country roads, split rail fences, primeval groves of trees, storied woods, charming old houses, and truck farms when I was a kid have been replaced by edge cities and all that come with them. Eg, multi-lane highways, plop-down architecture (anything that is very dulled down and closely related to the large motor vehicles that use them), and mcmansions

by Miskatonic Jack July 1, 2006

mean da dope

from the hawaiian slang, pidgin. Used when expressing a feeling in awe.

I wen pound dis chick, was mean da dope!

by rex808 October 10, 2008

i mean DANG!

a phrase used after a sentence or question to emphasize the importance of the lesson, seriousness of the situation or the stupidity of the one being spoken to. a modern day version of the southern term "bless your heart"

1.) jr: "daddy, i can had some of that cake right there?"

raykwon: "boy you bedda learn to buy yo own cake. i mean DANG!"

2.) jen: "aye shawty, i can hold that pen you got right dell?"

raykwon: "man, you bedda get own outta hurh! use your own powntsull. i mean DANG!"

3.) lady at the checkout: "that will be $8.70"

raykwon: "man, you dun charged me twice. don't make me git my blade out...i mean DANG!"

by raykwon diante octavious smith December 1, 2009

i mean come on man

based off phrases from not only South Park but Spaceballs as well.

I mean, come on man. You fell for the oldest trick in the book. I can not believe you!

by El_Scorcho August 28, 2003

mean

1. inf. To be inconsiderate and selfish

2. adj. So hot, sexy and/or tight it defies description and boggles the mind.

3. n. The sum of a series of numbers divided by the number of numbers.

1. He was so mean for not calling me back.

2. "I got this model chick/ She don't cook or clean/But she dress that @ss off/ And her walk is mean..." ~ Jay-Z

3. The mean of 1,2 and 6 is 3.

by redgyul September 21, 2004

I don't mean that in a bad way

a prhase used to remove offensiveness from a statement, similar to i'm just sayin'. this phenomenon was first explained and used by comedian Dom Irrera.

Let me tell you something ok? Your sister is a bit of a slut - now I don't mean that in a bad way - but she gets around if you know what I mean.

by TDesmo October 11, 2008

I don't mean to be rude

I'm about to be rude, but I don't care, so brace yourself.

Person 1: I don't mean to be rude, but I completely hate you and wish you would burn in hell.

Person 2: WTF?

by lynz87 August 23, 2011