Californiacation

Noun

Californication (uncountable)

1. The adoption of practices and beliefs associated with California, in particular Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
   • Indeed, if popular culture can be said to be dispersed in a process of global Californication, then no less should intellectual culture be seen as the product of the Routledgification of the world[.]1992, Ien Ang, John Hartley, “Useful Astonishment”, in Cultural Studies, page 458

   Synonyms:

   Californianization, Californification

2. (humorous) Sexual intercourse in California or in a Californian style.
   • Isaac was pictured as the only male in the state who could satisfy his many succubi, and the Californication took place on his couch in City Hall, in the Temple, in saloons, in his carriage, in his home, oh, just anywhere.1947, M. Marion Marberry, The Golden Voice - A Biography of Isaac Kalloch, page 311
3. (US, derogatory, urban studies) The large-scale development of land; urban sprawl.
   • It's also culturally unique, its natives resisting many elements of "californication", the "glintzy" urban sprawl typified by Los Angeles.a. 1981, Coda: Poets and Writers Newsletter, page 17