Dept of Lower Culture: Fornificating

[Benjamin Fortson]

I heard a friend of mine use "Californication" just a few days ago, in
fact. He's from Colorado and was decrying said process as it has been
affecting his home state.

Ben

On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Steve Hicks wrote:

> In a message dated 3/20/02 1:52:43 PM Central Standard Time,
> laurence.horn at YALE.EDU writes:
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> > Sic though it may be, it's also an apparent back-formation.  There
> > are 400 (count 'em) google hits on "fornification"
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>        And how can we talk about word-formation with
> "fornication" and not give a nod to "Californicate,"
> the degradation caused by refugees from the Golden
> State.  Is the term still in use ?
>
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>                                                              Steve Hicks
>