单词 | jackassification |
释义 | jackassificationn.ΚΠ 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 57/1 Acting on the principle of the general jackassification of mankind,..he abuses them right and left. 2. The action or process of becoming or being made into a jackass or fool; the state or fact of being or becoming a jackass or fool. ΚΠ 1848 H. W. Torrens Madame de Malguet II. i. 14 ‘You remember what I told you about the frigate?’ continued the soldier; ‘on my word, they are capable of any amount of jackassification possible,—at least this old fool is.’ 1914 E. L. Pearson Secret Bk. xi. 222 Poe invented me [sc. the Professional Detective], Garboriau added some improvements, but I blossomed into my fullest development of jack-assification under Conan Doyle. 1955 Somerset (Pa.) Daily Amer. 27 Jan. 12/2 It should be borne in mind that rejuvenation and jackassification have come to be regarded in too many younger men's minds as synonyms. 2009 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 30 Jan. a12 Homophobic language may be ordinary in hockey, but ‘pansification’ remains a derogatory term and its use demonstrates that the commentators have failed to overcome their own ‘jackassification’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822 |
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