Mekdi

From English McD's, an abbreviation of McDonald's.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmekdi/ [ˈmek̚.di]
• Rhymes: -ekdi
• Syllabification: Mek‧di

Mekdi

1. (slang, colloquial) a McDonald's restaurant.

Borrowed from English McD's, an abbreviation of McDonald's.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛkdi/ [ˈmɛk̚.di] (English-based)
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛkdi/ [ˈmɛʔ.di] (Nativization)
• Hyphenation: Mek‧di

Mekdi (colloquial, Malaysia)

1. a McDonald's restaurant.
   • 2009 August 29, how to save a life, “Bebenang Melay Sedunia Global Diet, Edisi Sambil Wudhu' Minum Air”, in Lowyat.NET‎^[1]:

     hi baru balit^{[sic – meaning balik]} mekdi

     hi I just got back from McD's

   • 2012 November 5, @nrulfarain, Twitter‎^[2]:

     Telefon kwn ajak study kat mekdi, bwk beg penuh dgn buku-2 tebal, bwk kamus oxford masuk mekdi, sampai mekdi online twitter, tak jadi study.

     I called my friend(s) to study with them together in McD's, brought a bag full of thick books, brought Oxford dictionary to McD, when [I/we] arrived at the McDonald's restaurant, [I/we] browsed Twitter, and [I/we] didn't end up studying.

   • 2017 January 5, u/Weird_and_awkward, “McDonald’s new halal policy not welcome in Sarawak”, in Reddit‎^[3], archived from the original on 24 November 2025:

     Good..so pasni tak risau lah nak bawak masuk kek lapis dyg salhah msuk mekdi..yuhuuu!

     Good.. so after this there's no need to be worried to bring 'kek lapis dyg salhah' (roadside stall name) into McD's..yuhuuu!