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vanillafy

vanillafy verb: to make generic, tame, or anodyne.

Verb

vanillafy (third-person singular simple present vanillafies, present participle vanillafying, simple past and past participle vanillafied)

  1. (informal, transitive) To make generic, tame, or anodyne.
    • In Carver's words, the interior had been "vanillafied" into a colorless muddle that, while perhaps fitting for a modern pharmacy, was not the right kind of environment for a store that emphasized beauty and sensuality.2001 January 1, Matthew Kalesh, “A Feast for the Senses”, in Gifts & Decorative Accessories
    • They WILL be exposed to different cultures, unless specific measures are taken to vanillafy their experiences.2004 January 20, Charles Soto, “Re: How to stop verbal bullying (was Re: Rant: Over indulgent parents strike again)”, in rec.autos.driving (Usenet)

Forms of vanillafy

third-person singular presentvanillafies
present participlevanillafying
past participlevanillafied
pastvanillafied

Origin of vanillafy

From vanilla + -fy.

Questions about vanillafy

What does vanillafy mean?
Vanillafy means to make generic, tame, or anodyne.
What part of speech is vanillafy?
Vanillafy is a verb.
What is the past tense of vanillafy?
The past tense of vanillafy is vanillafied.

Words near vanillafy in the dictionary

  1. vanilla-like
  2. vanilla-y
  3. vanillaed
  4. vanillafied
  5. vanillafies
  6. vanillafy
  7. vanillafying
  8. vanillaism
  9. vanillalike
  10. vanillar
  11. vanillas

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