Dumbassification

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process of becoming worse or stupider. informal, uncountable, vulgar

    "Every year, he makes a college-lecture tour, speaking out against what he likes to call the “dumbassification” of American culture."

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"Every year, he makes a college-lecture tour, speaking out against what he likes to call the “dumbassification” of American culture."

Etymology

From dumbass + -ification.

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