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To adapt a story, movie, or other piece of creative work into a video game. Much like writing a screen adaptation, gamification is an after-the-fact activity, usually with the intent of making the original work more marketable as a complete "package".
JoeBob spent last week planning how to gamify Jane Eyre.
gamify by ztutz December 1, 2011
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Gamifier 

Someone or something that gamifies real-life situations to encourage activism and enhance marketing by utilizing traditional game mechanics such as, achievements, points, scoreboards, and rules of play.
Person 1: "Man, this job sucks."
Person 2: "Well, if we have a gamifier, this would be a job worth having."
Gamifier by GhostFalcon January 18, 2020

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
Verb: To take a useful system and reduce it's functionality, thereby making it redundant and useless.

Named after our Windows network "specialist" called Gary.
I think I'll garify this cable and plug it out.

My account has been locked out again, I have been garified.

I used to get good download speeds but since our internet connection was garified I get 0.5kb per second download speeds.

I'd rather be reamed than garified. At least I can still work.
garify by BluePhoenix666 February 21, 2008
1) Those who know all of your faults and love you in spite of them. 2) Something that outsiders will never understand and we as insiders could never explain. 3) Something that Allie came up with at training. 4) The best staff on campus.
No one's got your back like the gamily.
gamily by dancinggurly08 April 28, 2010
See guch and grundle
The bit between your balls and your arsehole, 'cos if ya' didn't one your guts would fall on the flaw
John has a hairy gazifya
Gazifya by Bojjie July 14, 2004