Californication
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Californication
- /ˌkælɪˈfɔːnɪˈkeɪʃən/ UK
- /ˌkælɪˈfɔɹnɪˈkeɪʃən/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Californ(ia) + -ication. First use appears c. 1947. Especially popularized by the use as title for a song (1999) and a TV series (2007–2014). Sexual sense either directly from a blend of California + fornication or rebracketing as Cali + fornication.
noun Californiation · Californification
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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[.]
Similar: Californianization, Californification
- 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.
- 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.
Talk about this word "Californication." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/californication. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Californication. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/californication "Californication." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/californication.Cite this
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