mcprompter
Lexicon ex Machina
McPrompt /mək·prɒmpt/ n.
A person who habitually uses the cheapest available AI models to produce work intended for professional or public consumption. 2. The output itself, characterized by high volume, low nutritional value, and a faint aftertaste of regret.
adj. McPrompted — produced under McPrompt conditions.
v. to McPrompt — to generate content using bargain-tier AI with unwarranted confidence in the result.
n. McPrompter — one who McPrompts. Distinguished from the casual user by sheer volume and a complete absence of quality control. Often found submitting deliverables at 11:58 PM with the quiet desperation of someone who knows they should have read the output but didn’t.
Origin: 2020s. From “Mc-” (prefix denoting mass-produced cheapness, after the McDonald’s restaurant chain) + “prompt” (an instruction to a language model). Coined during the era when free-tier models became widely available and professionals began substituting them for thought.
Usage:
“He McPrompted the entire RFP response overnight and submitted it without reading it. The client’s name was hallucinated in three different spellings.”
“There’s a certain tragic optimism to the McPrompt workflow. You know the drive-through never gets the order right, and yet there you are again at 2 AM, prompting.”
“She could tell it was McPrompted the moment she saw the phrase ‘delve into’ appear four times on the first page.”
“The McPrompter’s natural habitat is a Slack thread at midnight, pasting output directly into a Google Doc with the focus and discernment of a man forwarding chain emails.”
Cultural note: Not to be confused with practitioners who use capable models skillfully. The McPrompt is defined not by the use of AI but by the specific combination of minimal investment and maximal faith. Over three billion tokens served. None proofread.
See also: slopportunist, artificial cheaptelligence, bargain bin prompter, clearance rack oracle