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deluxification

An attempt to make a standard lacklustre product or brand special by offering a so called deluxe edition.
As sales of music on physical CD format lose out to digital downloading, sellers engage in deluxification by offering "Special" or "Deluxe" editions in distinctive packaging,limited editions or offers with a CD and T-shirt,or dirtblaster

Defoxification

Detoxification + Fox News

1) A treatment for poisoning by counteracting the toxic
properties, ideas, myths, fallacies and lies which can be readily absorbed by watching Fox News Channel. (n)

2 ) If you defox, or if something defoxes your body, you do something to remove the poisonous effects of Fox News from your body. (v)

Defoxes plural, 3rd person present; Defoxing present participle listen defoxed past tense, past participle
After a whole evening of Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck, George rushed to the emergency room in hopes that even without health insurance, he could get immediate defoxification for free, or at reduced cost.
Defoxification by shoqvalue February 2, 2010

Depopification 

The act of listening to indie music in order to cleanse the ears of pop music.
I all I have heard for the past week is Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Bruno Mars. I'm going to need a depopification.
Depopification by eejga November 20, 2011

Desexification 

Taking something that's sexy and making it un-sexy. The reverse of sexification, the act of making something sexy, and resexification, the act of making something that was formerly sexy sexy once again.
The desexification of the Green M&M is the most major problem our society has faced since WWII.
Desexification by green_m&m_simp January 26, 2022

Depopification 

When something becomes insufferable because the upper class gentrifies it, usually in reference to music or clothing. Comes from the word "depop" which is a notoriously overpriced reselling app.
The depopification of NYU.

Decroxification

The removal of unnecessary detail from a phrase in order to distill its meaning, increasing its clarity.
"The public speaker used decroxification in order to make his message more appealing to a general audience."
Decroxification by Litterarian November 26, 2024