Street
mac
What does mac mean?
Shorthand for the Mac-10 or Mac-11 machine pistol — the compact, high-rate-of-fire weapon that drill rappers name-drop as the apex of street artillery. In UK drill bars it's the trump card: bigger, louder and more cinematic than a regular handgun. Often paired with talk of spinning or sliding on opps.
"Pull up with the mac, whole block running."
Origin
From the Military Armament Corporation (MAC) submachine guns designed by Gordon Ingram in the 1960s. Adopted into US gangsta rap (NWA, Three 6 Mafia) and inherited wholesale by UK drill.
Frequently asked questions
What does mac mean as a weapon?
It's an automatic machine pistol — specifically the Mac-10 or Mac-11.
How do you use mac in a sentence?
"He was waving a mac around like it was nothing."
Where does the name mac come from?
It comes from the Military Armament Corporation, which produced the Mac-10 and Mac-11 machine pistols.
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