McMansion

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Recent Examples of McMansion 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 Most of the new development in recent years was limited to razing an old Cape Cod-style home and replacing it with a larger, more expensive McMansion. Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 18 Oct. 2024 Ferrer bought a brand-new Texas McMansion, put it in his wife’s name, and poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into renovations. Christine Biederman, WIRED, 18 June 2019 There's a recurring subplot about a mustard-yellow McMansion recently built — against code — next to Yancy's quaint beachside bungalow. Jeff Weiner, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024 Ortiz delivers an amusing, deadpan frustration as Yancy’s straight-man foil, and Alex Moffat (SNL) is pitch-perfect smarmy as Evan Shook, a realtor desperately trying to sell a hideous McMansion next to Yancy’s house. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024 During a 2006 earnings call with Bob Toll, then–chief executive of McMansion builder Toll Brothers, Toll said things were getting better, and maybe the housing market had bottomed. Alena Botros, Fortune, 30 July 2024 Many young people today would rather protect their well-being than compete their way up the corporate ladder only to not be able to afford the McMansion their parents bought for a fraction of the price. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for McMansion
Noun
  • Joining Bezos in the lavish Miami real estate market are David and Victoria Beckham, who opted to purchase their $80 million mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront.
    John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The same area saw a devastating blaze in 2017, when the Skirball fire burned 475 acres and destroyed multiple mansions, including one owned by Rupert Murdoch.
    Mike Ives, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • These franchises will beef in perpetuity, given their respective homesteads, but these particular iterations really do not like each other.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Unsurprisingly, Richie and Madden’s homes have tended to reflect the entrepreneur’s chic yet down-to-earth domestic sensibilities, often with room for a mini homestead in the back.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Unlike Bundchen, Brady doesn’t appear to have moved onto a new relationship, so perhaps the waterfront two-level manse is too big for his needs.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The nearly 19,000-square-foot Mediterranean-style manse has nine bedrooms and 16 bathrooms.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Qualley is set to play a governess who is taking care of children in a remote gothic manor while hiding her psychopathic tendencies.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 20 Jan. 2025
  • See which remarkable manors and estates have stood in for royal homes throughout history.
    Alex Apatoff, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Among the producers of Michael are co-executors of the Jackson estate John Branca and John McClain.
    Benjamin VanHoose, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The terminal sale and the class action settlement aren’t the only matters Yellow’s estate is still litigating in Delaware bankruptcy court.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The villa began life in 1928 as the Los Angeles Times Demonstration Home—a flagship of an élite new development, the Miramar Estates.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The movie revolves around Mehdi, 25, who is invited to spend a quiet summer with his girlfriend Garance and his in-laws in the south of France, and sees their trip turn into chaos after a conflict breaks out between Garance’s family and the villa’s caretakers couple.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Nestled in the countryside of La Grange, Texas, the home draws inspiration from classic European farmhouses, incorporating a swooping roofline and a mix of stone and wood finishes, giving the home cozy curb appeal.
    Cece Lesesne, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The kitchen had a farmhouse kitchen sink, double ovens and an island, and the formal dining room had wainscotting.
    Addie Morfoot, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile her brother Jaden Smith arrived at the 2025 Grammy Awards while wearing a Louis Vuitton tuxedo and a castle as a bonnet.
    Marissa Muller, WWD, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Workers began building Sforza in 1358, but the castle was destroyed during a period of political unrest about a century later.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025

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“McMansion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/McMansion. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

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