Californicate
verbEtymology
Back-formation from Californication.
Definitions
To subject to Californication, the large-scale development of land.
- Squeezing ... cars off ... is unlikely to do ... any good[.] In Utah we see no bumper stickers reading DON’T CALIFORNICATE UTAH. Utah is busy Californicating itself.
- Don't Californicate Nevada. Give wilderness a chance.
- Many longtime residents strongly oppose the extremism of the newcomers, sporting bumper stickers that say, “Don't Californicate Colorado.”
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA