Boaty McBoatface

== English == === Etymology === The proper noun was coined by the British BBC Radio Jersey presenter James Hand in 2016 as a humorous response to a public online poll held by the British government to name a new polar research ship. Despite the fact that “Boaty McBoatface” won decisively, receiving 33% of the overall vote (over three times as many as the second most favoured option), the organizers of the poll ultimately named the ship after British broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough. The name was instead given to one of the autonomous underwater vehicles (pictured) carried aboard the ship. The noun may be analyzed as boat +‎ -y (diminutive suffix) + Mc- (patronymic commonly used to form Irish and Scottish names) +‎ boat +‎ face, and was possibly modelled after “Hooty McOwlface”, a name given to an adopted owl which went viral on the Internet in 2012. The verb is derived from the noun. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊti məkˈbəʊtfeɪs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊti mɪkˈboʊtfeɪs/, [-ɾi-] Hyphenation: Boaty Mc‧Boat‧face === Proper noun === Boaty McBoatface An autonomous underwater vehicle launched in 2017, currently in service with the British Antarctic Survey to study the polar oceans. [from 2016] ==== See also ==== Appendix:Snowclones/Xy McXface === Verb === Boaty McBoatface (third-person singular simple present Boaty McBoatfaces, present participle Boaty McBoatfacing, simple past and past participle Boaty McBoatfaced) (transitive, humorous, neologism) To hijack or troll (a vote, especially one held online; or an organization conducting such a vote), by supporting a joke option. [from 2016] Synonym: McBoatface ==== Derived terms ==== McBoatface McBoatfacing (noun) ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Boaty McBoatface on Wikipedia.Wikipedia RRS Sir David Attenborough – Naming poll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia