babygirlification
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English[edit]
This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
Etymology[edit]
babygirl (“a male fictional character or celebrity of whom one is extremely fond”) + -ification
Noun[edit]
babygirlification (uncountable)
- (fandom slang) The act or process of making a male fictional character or celebrity into a "babygirl."
- 2022 December 1, Rachel Choi, “The babygirlification of Ghost in COD is threatening the incels”, in The Berkeley Beacon, Emerson College, page 4:
- This entire fiasco stemming from the babygirlification of a tall, masked man is the perfect time to reflect on society’s problem of perceiving both men and women.
- 2023 March 2, Carola Ríos Pérez, “TikTok's Babygirlification: Explained!”, in Her Campus:
- My TikTok For You Page bombarded me with edits of Simon “Ghost” Riley, which was how I found out about babygirlfication in the first place.
- 2023, Genny Sheara, "'Nothing will come of nothing:' A Succession Retrospective [Spoilers]", The Spectator (Seattle University), 31 May 2023:
- The ‘babygirlification’ of the Roy siblings and overabundance of pretentious thought-pieces online is a clear testament to the empathetic portrayal of each character.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:babygirlification.
See also[edit]
- woobification (general romanticisation of morally ambiguous characters)