mackle
verbEtymology Back-formation from Macklemore interpreted as mackle + more, originally from a joke "I wish he would mackle less". The origin of Macklemore is unclear – it may be a corruption of McLemore or a childhood coinage by Macklemore.
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Internet, Humorous To speak like or act like rapper Macklemore, particularly in a way perceived as naive or cringeworthy.
- For Macklemore’s birthday, we’re going to have a look at some memorable instances of him mackling—his greatest mackles, if you will—both to celebrate how far he’s come this year and to remember what horrors he remains capable of.2015 June 19, Craig Jenkins, “A Brief History of Macklemore Mackling”, in Vice:
- He copped what was rightfully Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy, felt genuinely bad and apologised privately, and then ruined it by making everyone aware that he had apologised – but he mackled on. He performed live dressed as a 19th century Jewish stereotype, tried to brush it off as a “random costume” – and continued to mackle.2015 October 13, Emma Garland, “Nerds Won A Competition To Get Macklemore to Play at Their High School but the Teachers Said No Because They Have Good Taste”, in Vice:
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- A number of followers thanked him for his decision, with one fan writing, “He mackled less, for our sake.”2016 August 15, Stephanie Chan, “Macklemore Responds to Twitter User After Being Asked to Denounce “Haircut of the Racists””, in Hollywood Reporter:
- Pitchfork explicitly compared Eminem to Macklemore, writing that "there's a level of Mackling to a white celebrity rapper" stating "and I admit there have been times where it's been embarrassing to be a white boy, as if Marshall Mathers' mortification is of any import here."2021 May 10, Patrick Burke, Tear Down the Walls: White Radicalism and Black Power in 1960s Rock, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 147: