extract the Michael

English

Etymology

Facetious alteration of take the mickey.

Pronunciation

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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)

  1. (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.
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