Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang Used as a form of address for a man whose name is unknown.
Wiktionary
- n. Used to address a man whose name is unknown.
- Irish and Scottish patronymic surnames son of.
- n. A diminutive of the male given name Max.
- n. A Macintosh computer (made by Apple Computer), or its operating system.
GNU Webster's 1913
Etymologies
- Informal diminutive of Macintosh, later adopted by Apple as a trademark. (Wiktionary)
- From Mac-, a common prefix in Scottish and Irish surnames. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Any adventurous mac users out there might be interested that they released a native Mac theme for 3.0 in the nightly build.”
“When I save an old Word 2004 file (done on my mac with Mac word 2004) my Mac Word 2008 wants to change it to a. docx file.”
“If you want to use a menu as a list but also want it to work in netscape on the mac and pc then this is your bet (oh IEx also and Linux) color: #ffffff;/* Set colour to background for NS4 on Mac 9 bug */”
“The PC and MAc games includes PC games and Mac games and excludes online games such as casual games, massively multi player online role play games”
“Apple updates Mac mini and iMac - The second major product announcement from the folks at Apple this week is an update to its iMac® and Mac® mini desktop lines, including a 24-inch iMac.”
“CUPERTINO, California-March 3, 2009-Apple® today announced updates to its iMac® and Mac® mini desktop lines, including a 24-inch iMac that is priced more affordably than ever before and a Mac mini with powerful new integrated graphics.”
“But in the new mac pro, when I swith on or shut down the Mac, the Lacie its shut down. (of course, if I push the switch button blue, swith on or shut down the Lacie dispositives)”
“CUPERTINO, California-March 11, 2009-Apple® recently announced updates to its iMac® and Mac® mini desktop lines, including a 24-inch iMac that is priced more affordably than ever before and a Mac mini with powerful new integrated graphics.”
“I bought my MAC to start writing software for iPhones and Mac, but after seeing how poorly they are presently treating their customers, I have to wonder if anybody will be left by the time I master xCode.”
“SAN FRANCISCO, June 8/PRNewswire-FirstCall/- Apple® today unveiled Mac OS® X Snow Leopard ™, an even more powerful and refined version of the world's most advanced operating system and the foundation for future Mac® innovation.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Mac’.
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EN - 3-letter words of the pattern CVC
With the exception of abbreviations and mosaic words all types of words (proper names, past tense of verbs, etc.) are allowed.
for, was, not, his, but, has, had, can, her, him, new, now and 339 more...
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EN - newSPEAK
Buzzwords of our time
actionable, administrivia, advermation, agreeance, backbone provider, back-sourcing, baked in, bandwidth, barn raising, Barneyware, belly-buttons, Below Zeros and 1076 more...
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US - realia
Words and expressions, people and cultural realia that foreigners associate with the United States
entrepreneurship, can-do-attitude, down-to-earth app..., multicultural soc..., melting pot, cast in the same ..., self-made man, rugged individualism, gap between rich ..., make money, people from all w..., giant with feet o... and 80 more...
Tweets
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