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

garify

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

gamily

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

Gazifya

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

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."

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life by Sus Chad September 21, 2026

Word of the Day on September 25, 2026

crunchy

Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.

"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"

crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007

Word of the Day on September 24, 2026

Galantir

A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.

Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.

Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026

Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

Word of the Day on September 22, 2026

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026