My dad calls it Mickey D’s, when he doesn’t call it McDugal’s (sp?), and has as far back as I can remember.
Another Brit chiming in - it’s either “Macca’s” or “Macky D’s” here.
I’m wondering whether its a dialectal thing to do with how different nations pronouce the word “McDonald”
I went to a university that had a large American Exchange Student programme and they all pronounced McDonalds “MicDonalds” where as i’ve only really ever heard Brits and Aussies pronounce it "MacDonalds"
Is it the Mickey-D’s?
Or the D-Mickey’s?
All kidding aside, I thought all types of people called it that.
Truthfully, though, as long as you’re not some total idiot who wants money because McDonald’s made you and your kids fatties, I don’t give a flip WHAT you call it.
calling it Mickey-D’s is a black thing like using “bad” to mean “good” is a black thing
once was, but was mainstreamed long ago.
plus, I think “mickey-d’s” was killed off by “the golden arches” in the 80’s nobody who’s anybody trendy really calls it that anymore.
although maybe if you’re going for “retro vernacular”…
I make a note to look out for that.
My Mc’D’s pet peeve:
That “new” Big Mac commercial (2 all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun) where all these people are trying to talk and gesture in an urban style.
Nothing looks quite as idiotic as a white or asain, with their arms crossed, pointer finger & pinky out, doing this moronic head and neck gesture. With the exception of Vanilla Ice trying to rap
Random House Dictionary of Historic American Slang indicates that the term “Mickey D’s” was in a newspaper article as long ago as 1977. The origin of the term is given as “student.”
McDonald’s trademarked the term themselves in 1981, well after it was used by youngsters. They also started using the term in their ads in the 1980’s, and many of the ads in the 1980’s were coming at a time when African-Americans were being used more frequently in ads. That may account for the perception.