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funnification

funnification noun: the process of making (something) fun.

Noun

funnification (uncountable)

  1. The process of making (something) fun.
    • Functional and economical thinking is too limited and the shallow 'funnification' of our culture that compensates for this even more so.2002, Renny Ramakers, Less + More: Droog Design in Context, page 219
    • (see title)2005 March 14, Jeremiah Scott, “1964 Ford Fairlane 500 - Fairlane Funnification”, in Motor Trend
  2. The process of making (something) funny.
    • Situating vagrants in comic genres, in line with long-standing literary conventions involving the social hierarchy, promoted what I will call the " funnification" of poverty.2001, Linda Woodbridge, Vagrancy, Homelessness, and English Renaissance Literature, page 20
    • The exciting thing is that this mental process of 'funnification' applies to stuff in familiar comic forms (a clever satirical takedown of a politician we dislike, a succinct and recognisable nailing of an everyday experience, an ingenious pun, a neat turn of phrase, a precisely observed parody)...2024, Joel Morris, Be Funny or Die

Examples of funnification in a sentence

  • The process of funnification taking place at the level of the self can be seen as analogous to the concept of "McDonalization" ^([sic]) (Ritzer, 2000) on the societal level.2010, Hubert Hermans, Agnieszka Hermans-Konopka, Dialogical Self Theory, page 291:
  • And then...well, the demon lord already likes Diamond's sense of funnification.2011, Erica Hayes, Blood Cursed, page 17:

Origin of funnification

From fun + -ification.

Questions about funnification

What does funnification mean?
Funnification means the process of making (something) fun.
How do you use funnification in a sentence?
The process of funnification taking place at the level of the self can be seen as analogous to the concept of "McDonalization" ^([sic]) (Ritzer, 2000) on the societal level.
What part of speech is funnification?
Funnification is a noun.

Words near funnification in the dictionary

  1. funnier
  2. funnier-looking
  3. funnies
  4. funniest
  5. funniest-looking
  6. funnification
  7. funnily
  8. funniment
  9. funniments
  10. funnin'
  11. funniness

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