You know, I probably could have stuck this under philosophy of language, but what the heck. McDonald’s and other service companies are lobbying the Oxford English Dictionary to change the definition of McJob to be less negative.
There’s a socioeconomic point to be made about how McDonald’s has lowered standards for many things in the name of profits, but I’m gonna put that to the side for a minute.
Lobbying a dictionary to change the definition of a word? For crying out loud, why not just buy your own dictionary company and start making up your own new language?
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