: a very large house built in usually a suburban neighborhood or development
especially : one regarded critically as oversized and ostentatious

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The house was mercifully razed by the new owners, but its eventual replacement was yet another McMansion that filled nearly every square foot of the property — the sort of construction that changed the community character for the worse over the years. James R. Riffel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025 The premise was simple: R&T sent Kate Wagner—who cycling fans may know from her newsletter Derailleur, and others might know from her blog McMansion Hell—on a press junket to a Formula 1 race in Austin, Texas. Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024

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First Known Use

1990, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of McMansion was in 1990

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“McMansion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/McMansion. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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McMansion

noun
: a very large house usually built in a suburban neighborhood or development
especially : one thought of as too big or showy
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