Definitions

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  • noun slang, derogatory follower of the cult of personality of Steve Jobs, or his management style
  • noun slang, derogatory fanatical consumer of Apple corporation consumer products (such as iPhones and iPads)
  • noun slang, derogatory fanatically devoted user of Macintosh computers, instead of IBM/Intel/Microsoft derived PCs

Etymologies

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Blend of Mac and acolyte

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Examples

  • I mean, me of all people, the biggest Macolyte in my suburb.

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  • Installing Windows 7 on your Intel Mac - WHEN APPLE ANNOUNCED in 2005 that all of its future desktop and laptop computers would soon make the transition to sporting Intel CPUs, the Macolyte community was split.

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