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Gregification 

Turning something that takes 2 steps into something that takes 40 steps
DreamMasterXXL: Has the rhodium chain undergone gregification yet?
0lafe: yes
Gregification by Regian24 August 24, 2021

Gentrification 

When "urban renewal" of lower class neighbourhoods with condos attracts yuppie tenants, driving up rents and driving out long time, lower income residents. It often begins with influxes of local artists looking for a cheap place to live, giving the neighbourhood a bohemian flair. This hip reputation attracts yuppies who want to live in such an atmosphere, driving out the lower income artists and lower income residents, often ethnic/racial minorities, changing the social character of the neighbourhood.

It also involves the "yuppification" of local businesses; shops catering to yuppie tastes like sushi resaturants, Starbucks, etc... come to replace local businesses displaced by higher rents.

The term was coined by sociologist Ruth Glass, who is quoted below.
"One by one, many of the working class quarters of London have been invaded by the middle-classes—upper and lower. Shabby, modest mews and cottages—two rooms up and two down—have been taken over, when their leases have expired, and have become elegant, expensive residences .... Once this process of 'gentrification' starts in a district it goes on rapidly until all or most of the original working-class occupiers are displaced and the whole social character of the district is changed."
-Ruth Glass (1964)
Gentrification by Black_Lotus June 20, 2006

sexual gratification 

Sexual gratification is the feeling of satisfying one's sexual desires for something. e.g. fulfilling, indulging, or quenching.
Guy A: "Man me and my girlfriend were in the sack last night."

Guy B: "Nice. Dude, have you ever tried 69ing before?"

A: "Nah. I've never even gone down on my girlfriend before, actually."

B: "Dude, wth is wrong with you???"

A: "What? I don't get it, she already does it to me when we have sex, why should I go down on her?"

B: "Because women crave sexual gratification too, not just us dudes, bro."

A: "For reals?"

delayed gratification 

withholding on available satisfaction, as to make the act more pleasurable when finally given in to due to one's appreciation of it's absence.
Not jacking off for a month. Then finally jacking off. Delayed Gratification.

Gamification 

A cynical practice by corporate douches where workers are supposedly motivated to work even harder on menial, pointless tasks by rewarding them with lame titles, meaningless rankings, coupons or a variety of other real-life trash loot.
The person who licks the most envelopes, today, will get a coffee mugs with your boss' picture. Isn't that awesome?! See? We're all about gamification.
Gamification by Manylaughs July 12, 2012

gorification 

originating in the urdu word for a white person i.e. gora, gorification refers to the progressive erasure of indian cultural traits from a person of indian origin in favour of american or british cultural traits.
signs of gorification include the pronounciation of a traditionally indian name in such a manner that it almost sounds like an english name! very low tolerance levels for spices, especially chilli, decline or absence of any knowledge of the names of the various dishes that made up your staple diet until you were 16, the declining ability to eat with your hands and the absolute inability to eat rice with your hands, the idea that bollywood movies still don't show kissing and the notion that watching a bollywood movie is akin to a novel cultural experience.

"you can't eat rice with your hands, aisha? (who prefers to call herself asia) your gorification is almost complete!"

to become gorified is to simultaneously be de-desified. ones levels of gorification are inversely proportional to ones levels of desfication/desication

gorification is a synonym for de-desification/de-desication
gorification by evolvepast8 January 25, 2010
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Slop Grenade

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Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
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You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
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