extract the Michael

== English == === Etymology === Facetious alteration of take the mickey. === Pronunciation === === Verb === extract the Michael (third-person singular simple present extracts the Michael, present participle extracting the Michael, simple past and past participle extracted the Michael) (UK, slang, humorous) Synonym of take the mickey. 1985, "Don't Buy This" (video game review) in Crash (issue 17, pages 46-47) We've had some fun this month extracting the Michael from the Software Editor. Playing on his kind, easy going temperament we handed him a copy of Firebird's Don't Buy This and persuaded him that it was a collection of megabrill games.