The act of something or someone that is of Southern US origin, but over time has come to more closely resemble a thing or person of Northern US origin.
After five years of living in New York City, her family worried she was fully yankified.
Those yankified grits are good, but my grandmother's recipe is better.
1: the copying of something by americans and claiming it as their own
2: the misspelling or misspronunciation of a word by Americans and claiming it correct
1: The American sitcom 'Three's Company' is the Yankification of the British comedy 'Man About The House'
2: color instead of colour, pronouncing aluminium 'aloominum' or lieutenant 'lootenant' not 'leftenent'
Yankification is when American culture and American sentiment is expressed in films, music and other media to such an extent that it becomes nauseating. Films like "Independence Day" and the "Patriot" are prime examples.