blustrification

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English

Etymology

Possibly from bluster +‎ -ification.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blʌs.tɹɪf.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

Noun

blustrification (uncountable)

  1. (rare, dated, colloquial) Boisterous celebration, carousal, or noisy outpouring.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:celebration
    • 1831, A Letter from Teddy Gallagher, of the County of Roscommon, to Patrick Mulligan, in Whitby: , Whitby: R. Kirby, pages 3-4:
      Cushin Cartridge, the tythe-proctor, pinshuner, and police man, sends his love to ye, and says that your lether did put him in a big blustrification; []
    • 1839 August 5, Evening Tattler, New York, N.Y.: Wilson and Co, →OCLC, page 2, column 4; quoted in Allen Walker Read, “The First Stage in the History of "O.K."”, in American Speech, volume 38, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, 1963 February, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22:
      Christopher Murphy arrived from Ireland on Saturday last . . . and was kicking up a devil of a blustrification, when an officious watchman somewhat damped his raptures.
    • 2009 April/May, Jim Ruland, “Tribute to J. J. Orsborn”, in Razorcake, number 49, Los Angeles, C.A.: Razorcake/Gorsky Press, Inc., page 32, column 2:
      Party at mi casa. My wife and I made tamales stuffed with corned beef cooked in Guinness. A bi-cultural blustrification.
    • 2012, Lester Langertrippes, American Political Experience: A Campaign for Elective Office, page 29:
      Yeah, right. More blustrification. What was it Harry Truman said? Something like, “If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em.”

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