celebrification
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of celebrity + -ification
Noun edit
celebrification (uncountable)
- (informal) The introduction of celebrity as a factor in some field or discipline.
- 2007 February 3, Mark Leibovich, “Titillating or Not, Washington Gossip Blossoms”, in New York Times[1]:
- Chuck Todd, editor of the online political clearinghouse Hotline, calls the gossip phenomenon “pack gossip journalism,” a byproduct of the celebrification of politics and the attendant proliferation of media to cover it.