Home › Words › H › hamburgerologyhamburgerologyhamburgerology · noun — A course of study introduced by McDonald's to train people to work in its fast food restaurants.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom hamburger + -ology.nounA course of study introduced by McDonald's to train people to work in its fast food restaurants.e.g.“McDonald's Hamburger University was granting huge numbers of degrees in Hamburgerology, and the company was miles ahead of its next major competitor […]” — 1977 December, Mother Jones Magazine, volume 2, number 10:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).