MCn.
/ˌɛmˈsiː/, U.S. /ˌɛmˈsi/ 1. A Master of Ceremonies (see master n.1 23a). See also emcee n.
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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > state ceremony or formality > person superintending
master of the ceremonies1662
MC1790
Master of (the) Ceremonies1888
femcee1940
1790 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) viii. 192 It was Tyson's Benefit, and as he is my acquaintance, independent of being M:C:, it was but decent that at least one of us should appear there.
1812 Dramatic Censor 1811 470 They are no more..co-equal with what they were, than the M.C. of a watering-place is on a par with the late Earl of Chesterfield in mind and manners.
1825 Anal. London Ball-room 62 The figure and tune being selected, the M.C. should be informed of it.
1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross I. v. 92 The loose riding M. C. sitting like ‘the Drunken Huzzar’ at the circus.
1902 P. G. Wodehouse Pothunters i. 20 ‘First bout, middle-weights,’ shrilled the M.C.
1968 Listener 5 Sept. 307/1 With his mutton-chop whiskers John Peel appropriately looks like an MC at an Edwardian music hall.
1989 Scottish World Nov. 23/1 A typical Club Night starts with a welcome from the MC, who then introduces instrumentalists..of all ages and abilities.
2. A person who performs rap music, esp. one who improvises live lyrics or performs only his or her own material; a rapper. Frequently in the names of performers. Cf. DJ n.2 2.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > pop musician > types of
hard rocker1942
bebopper1946
skiffler1948
bopper1951
rock 'n' roller1955
rockabilly1956
rock star1957
rocker1958
rock idol1958
rockster1960
funkster1963
country rocker1964
punk rocker1972
punk1976
punkster1976
cock-rocker1977
MC1979
rapper1979
thrasher1979
New Romantic1980
prog rocker1980
neo-punk1981
pomp rocker1981
rapster1981
rockist1981
hip-hopper1982
scratcher1982
skanker1983
pop tart1984
trash rocker1984
techno-head1985
Goth1986
Britpopper1989
gangsta1989
gangster rapper1989
popstrel1989
gangsta rapper1990
house-head1990
grunger1991
shoegazer1991
junglist1992
trip-hopper1993
1979 S. Robinson et al. Rapper's Delight (song) in L. A. Stanley Rap (1992) 325 Whatever you do in your lifetime Ya never let a M.C. steal your rhyme.
1982 S. Robinson & J. Chase On Radio (song) in L. A. Stanley Rap (1992) 58 I'm M.C. Shoo Bee, the M.C. supreme Be rocking on the mike with the gangster show.
1989 D. Clarke Penguin Encycl. Pop. Mus. 959/1 When MCs added rapping over the music..it became rap, also called hip-hop.
1998 Time Out N.Y. 2 July 115/1 Come hear this smaller weekly version where true-school MCs toss rhymes while DJs cut it up on the one-and-twos.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
MCv.
/ˌɛmˈsiː/, U.S. /ˌɛmˈsi/ colloquial.
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a. intransitive. To conduct a ceremony, gathering, etc., as a Master of Ceremonies.
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1936 Down Beat July 18/1 Pinky Vidacavich is m.c.ing and directing his band at the Cedar Lane Club in Opelousas.
1938 New Yorker 22 Oct. 23/3 I m.c'd and they had a couple of kids from the local dancing school doing tap.
1950 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Add. m.c., MC, or M.C...v.i.
1976 New Musical Express 17 Apr. 12/4 We MC'd one night at the Columbia Records Convention, and they dug it.
b. transitive. To act as a Master of Ceremonies at (a show, event, etc.).
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1950 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Add. m.c., MC, or M.C...[v.]t.
1954 E. Warner Trial by Sasswood (1955) x. 185 He was to m.c. an assemblage in the market compound.
1977 New Yorker 12 Sept. 59/1 I was m.c.-ing shows at the Halsey Theatre, in Brooklyn.
1993 Village Voice (N.Y.) 12 Jan. 65/2 To benefit La Mama, they gather for their last (sure) reunion, headlining and MCing an evening of female comedy.
2. intransitive. To perform rap lyrics. Cf. rap v.2 8d.
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1994 Independent (Nexis) 19 June 20 The Beasties progressed from weird hybrid excursions–putting down their instruments, MC-ing in front of turntables–to straight-ahead rap shows.
1995 Miami New Times (Nexis) 3 Aug. I had to rap over this CD, but the CD kept skipping, so I had to keep it going. When that worked out, I started MCing.
1997 D. Cavanagh in S. Champion Disco Biscuits 211 This young black scally got up and started MCing along to Kenny Ken's Technics wizardry.
1999 Mixmag Apr. 42/2 Seb drops Johnny Shaker's ‘Pearl River’ just as Mrs Loony runs up to us and begins MCing really loudly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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M.C.
M.C. n. Military Cross (established 1915).
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a1917 E. A. Mackintosh War, the Liberator (1918) 100 If you want a D.S.O. Or a small M.C. or so Don't go crawling rashly out When there's nobody about.
1969 S. Mays Fall out Officers viii. 51 He's only got one eye and a lump shot aff his knee; both shot aff when he got his M.C.
1976 R. Massey When I was Young xxiv. 200 The battery commander was Major Douglas Storms, M.C.
mc
mc n. colloquial (chiefly in online forums relating to conception, fertility, etc.) = miscarriage n. 4a.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of pregnancy or birth > [noun] > miscarriage
abort?a1425
abortion?1537
aborsement1540
miscarrying1568
abortive1587
abortment1595
miscarriage1615
amblosis1706
efflux1754
abortus1764
mc1956
1956 Proc. Internat. Conf. Peaceful Uses Atomic Energy 1955 (United Nations) X. 280 (table) Congenital myxedema... biochemical anomaly... m.c. = miscarriage.
1994 Re: Abortions in India in soc.culture.indian (Usenet newsgroup) 6 Apr. Consider a woman has a miscarriage (mc). Suppose the mc happens when the foetus is a few days old.
2017 @WheresMyStork 9 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I feel like I've coped ok so far but after the mc I am dreading the thought of starting again.
M.C.
M.C. n. U.S. Member of Congress.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in U.S.A. > member of
Member of Congress1774
Congressman1780
state senator1800
M.C.1832
freshman1892
majority leader1909
Minority Leader1909
congressperson1972
1832 Boston Evening Transcript 29 June 2/2 Two bundles were lately received at the Opeloasas post office, franked ‘H. A. Bullard, M.C.’ which contained two Marseilles vests for children in that parish.
1904 N.Y. Evening Post 23 Sept. 5 John Wesley Gaines, M.C., made a careful study some years ago of the evils of a President's eligibility to reëlection.
Mc
Mc n. megacycle(s); megacycles per second.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > [noun] > frequency > unit of frequency
kilocycle1921
megacycle1926
Hertz1928
Mc1936
Mc/s1936
c/s1940
c.p.s.1940
cycles per second1940
1936 Wireless World 29 May 543/1 Since the beginning of this year the Daventry Empire stations have been announced exclusively in megacycles per second... Henceforth..with the Editor's permission, stations will be referred to by their frequency in megacycles per second (Mc/s).
1965 J. R. Dyer Applic. Absorption Spectroscopy Org. Compounds iv. 59 For protons in a magnetic field of 14,000 gauss, the frequency of such energy is in the radio-frequency region—about 60 megacycles per second (60 Mc).
1970 Single Sideband for Radio Amateur (Amer. Radio Relay League) (ed. 5) iii. 60/1 (caption) This complete 14-Mc transistor transceiver is contained in an enclosure measuring 5 by 7 inches.
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