-ify and -ification

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Aug 28, 2011, at 5:34 PM, Larry Horn wrote:

>
> I always thought one of the more creative examples of what you and Geoff =
> call "playful" word formation was "Californication", which=97before it =
> became a Red Hot Chili Peppers song or a series on Showtime=97was a word =
> of warning used by folks in Oregon (and elsewhere?) urging wariness if =
> not strong resistance toward unbridled growth lest their pristine =
> coastline turn into (shudder) L.A. Mark II.
>
> Checking on wiki, I find that the warning was far more widespread, and =
> the coinage far older (I remember it from the early 1980s) than I knew:...

fascinating.  i did mention "Californication" (the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the tv show) in
  http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/creepitude/
but i didn't trace it back any further than these two vectors.

arnold

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