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woobification

woobification noun: the act or process of turning a character into a woobie.

Noun

woobification

  1. (slang) The act or process of turning a character into a woobie.
    • That is, the woobification of Logan is a successful narrative process only because the text can reasonable depend on and, consequently manipulate, a fannish investment in itself; […]2006, Afşar Yegin, "Fan-textual Television: Narrative Structure, Virtuality and Fandom in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Veronica Mars", thesis submitted to Istanbul Bilgi University, page 110
    • “Good” characters are also prone to woobification, if they are presented in canon as sympathetically angst-ridden and tormented: this class of woobie includes Remus, Sirius, Fox Mulder (X-Files) and Dean Winchester (Supernatural).2007, Catherine Tosenberger, "Potterotics: Harry Potter Fanfiction On The Internet", dissertation submitted to the University of Florida, page 100

Origin of woobification

From woobie + -fication.

Questions about woobification

What does woobification mean?
Woobification means the act or process of turning a character into a woobie.
What part of speech is woobification?
Woobification is a noun.

Words near woobification in the dictionary

  1. woo-wooness
  2. woo-woos
  3. wooable
  4. woobie
  5. woobies
  6. woobification
  7. woobified
  8. woobifies
  9. woobify
  10. woobifying
  11. Wooburn

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