Prequelize

verb, slang

verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To release a prequel to a work. informal, transitive

    "Coordinate term: sequelize"

Example

More examples

"Psycho has been sequelized, cable-TV prequelized, made into a short-lived TV series, and now it's been remade. Someone in Hollywood keeps trying to franchize^([sic]) this movie with some pretty bad results."

Etymology

From prequel + -ize.

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