Mc

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. The person who introduces speakers and performers and keeps an event running smoothly, or the act of doing this job
2. An abbreviation for a host who guides a show, ceremony or event by introducing acts and linking the program together
3. Someone who presides over an event, announcing participants and managing the proceedings, or the role of performing that duty

Etymology: "MC" is an abbreviation of "madarchod", a Hindustani insult borrowed from the Hindustani "mādarcod" (written मादरचोद in Devanagari and مَادَرْچود in Perso-Arabic script). The original term is a vulgar insult, and the abbreviation spread as a way of using it while softening its bluntness. The abbreviation works because of how the full word is pronounced and spelled. Writing only the initials keeps the force of the insult while letting speakers avoid spelling out its most explicit parts, so it became a common shorthand in South Asian English and in online writing. Its meaning depends heavily on tone and context, and it is often used as an exclamation.

Synonyms: emcee, master of ceremonies, host, compere