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Ka Hoerschaf Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Juvey McJuverson

Hello,

does anyone of you know the meaning of this name?

Background: a mother is talking about her son, who was catched by the police with some pott plants ... and has now to do a 100 hours community service. ...

Sentence: My Son ist ... Juvey McJuverson,

Thanks so much for helping!
  

Top answer

Hi, The common noun 'juvie' is slang for a young (juvenile) criminal. But, in this case, the proper noun 'Juvey' just seems to be derived from the son's surname. Many English-culture names have no intrinsic meaning.

— Clive

  • Hi, The common noun 'juvie' is slang for a young (juvenile) criminal.
  • But, in this case, the proper noun 'Juvey' just seems to be derived from the son's surname.
  • Many English-culture names have no intrinsic meaning.
  • But in ancient tradition, the ending 'Xson' indicates the person is the son of X.
  • So does the prefix Mac, thus 'MacX' - indicates 'son of X'.
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Hi,

The common noun 'juvie' is slang for a young (juvenile) criminal.
But, in this case, the proper noun 'Juvey' just seems to be derived from the son's surname.

Many English-culture names have no intrinsic meaning.

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Dear Clive,
thanks so much!! Helps a lot!!! I understand the meaning now!!
Have a very nice Christmas Time.
Kati
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She's just giving a fake name (possibly making fun of her son).

Using Mc in fake names is fairly common recently. In a Friends episode, a character doesn't know a girl's name, so he calls her "Cutey McPretty".

Their last name is almost certainly not McJuverson...just a reference to him being sent to Juvenile Hall.
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Hi

I like Clive's answer

It makes me wonder if there is some wordplay here...

- My son's a juvenile criminal - same as his father

We'd need to know the context

Dave
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The son´s name ist Ray Jay .. and he´s done something criminal and his mother is talking about him to a friend and says:
My son is .... Juvey McJuverson.

There isn´t more context ...
What you think?
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Vorpar nailed it. "Juvey" is a nickname for Juvenile Hall. The name she uses follows a standard format for ridicule. An obese person, for example, can be Fatty McFatterton. No great mystery, here.
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Thank you!! But for me as a German was this a big mystery ;-)
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