Seussification
English edit
Etymology edit
Seuss + -ification
Noun edit
Seussification (uncountable)
- (rare) The process of making or becoming like the works of Theodor Seuss, "Dr. Seuss" (1904–1991), American writer and cartoonist best known for his imaginative children's books, often written in rhyme.
- 2003, Frederick S. Clarke, Cinefantastique, volume 35, page 1:
- Residents of Pomona were reportedly pleased with the neighborhood's Seussification, which saw the production team creating facades for a quarter of the buildings — painting everything to conform to Anville's limited and loud color palette […]
- 2005, Kathleen McDonnell, Honey, We Lost the Kids: Re-thinking Childhood in the Multimedia Age, page 108:
- With the blockbuster success of the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas (starring Jim Carrey) over Christmas 2000, the Seussification of commercial pop culture was pretty well complete.
- 2008, Sven Erik Jørgensen, Brian D. Fath, Encyclopedia of ecology, page 886:
- Exactly why and how deserts host these exceptional plant types is not clearly understood and such 'Dr. Seussification' of the desert flora deserves systematic study.