Word info

Boaty McBoatface

Speech parts

1. Boaty McBoatface - Verb

2. Boaty McBoatface - Proper noun

Meaning

Boaty McBoatface

An autonomous underwater vehicle launched in 2017, currently in service with the British Antarctic Survey to study the polar oceans. [from 2016]

Boaty McBoatface (third-person singular simple present Boaty McBoatfaces, present participle Boaty McBoatfacing, simple past and past participle Boaty McBoatfaced)

(neologism) To hijack or troll a vote, especially one held online, by supporting a joke option. [from 2016]

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Boris Johnson in 2018 with Boaty McBoatface, evidence of the perils of having the internet decide things. Source: Internet

"Boaty McBoatface" was the suggestion that garnered most support. Source: Internet

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