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English
Etymology
From creep + -ify or creepy + -ify.
Verb
creepify (third-person singular simple present creepifies, present participle creepifying, simple past and past participle creepified)
- (transitive, informal) To make creepy; to make annoying, unpleasant, or mildly threatening.
1993 July, Lorraine Ali, “Alice in Chains”, in SPIN, volume 9, number 4, Camouflage Associates, page 45:Singer Layne Staley’s dark words further creepify Alice’s sound.
- 2000, Ed Sanders, America: A History in Verse, Volume 2: 1940-1961, David R. Godine (publisher), →ISBN, page 95:
- McCloy had the power to say yes, but said no / a no that creepifies his name in the time-track
2004, Rich Gray, Click Or Treat: The Best of Halloween and Horror on the Internet, McFarland, →ISBN, page 25:The Halloween section of FabulousFoods has a ton of recipes for both food and beverages, and offers a number of tips to creepify-up anything you’re planning to prepare.
- (transitive, informal) To creep out, to give (someone) the creeps.
2002, Harmon Leon, The Harmon Chronicles, ECW Press, →ISBN, page 126:But the Gun Dude ends up creepifying me when he tells me to hurry because, ever since the gun ban, the assault weapons have been "selling like hot cakes."
- 2007, Harmon Leon, National Lampoon Road Trip USA: All the Places Your Dad Never Stopped At, National Lampoon, →ISBN, page 295:
- I know I’m at the right place when I see 5 guys pushing a broken down van into the Café Risque parking lot (there’s ample trucker parking, but the prospect of free trucker showers creepifies me).