The process, usually applied to one of southern upbringing, of being assimilated into the northern (or yankee) way of life. This may include words used inconversation, accents, driving styles and choices in beer. This process normally takes a certain amount of time and is not completed overnight, but is highly noticable when the person returns to their point of origin for a visit.
After moving from Austin to Chicago, I was clear that Becky had become yanktified by how she sped through yellow lights and constantly pressed the car horn.
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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.
Those yankified grits are good, but my grandmother's recipe is better.
by Texpat July 19, 2010
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"my mechanic has no skillz, he janktified my car and now it runs like crap!"
"your bike is so janktified, i wouldn't ride that sandcast rig to the bodega!"
"somebody just janktified the bathroom!"
"your bike is so janktified, i wouldn't ride that sandcast rig to the bodega!"
"somebody just janktified the bathroom!"
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I yancified my dirt bike exhaust using epoxy after it burst at the seam from placing it in the freezer with water to take out the dents.
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