genrification

Coined by Marsita

noun coined here

gen·ri·fi·CA·tion

As first written
genrefication
The original, by Marsita. The headword above is where it settled — the intention was here first.

The process by which art becomes gentrified enough to be categorised into genres.

The scene survived everything except genrification.

Etymologygenre + -ification, blended with gentrification. The parents are one phoneme apart — gen-TRI- against gen-RI- — which is as close as a portmanteau can get.

NoteThe parents are cognates. Genre is Latin genus (kind); gentrification runs back through gentry, gentle, gentilis to gens (clan). Both from PIE *gen-, to beget. The blend reunites words that were one word before Latin. Pronunciation must choose a parent: /dʒ/ makes the gentrification echo audible, /ʒ/ keeps the genre root.

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