e/Californication (word)

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has glosseng: Californication is a portmanteau of California and fornication, appearing in Time on May 6, 1966 and written about on August 21, 1972, additionally seen on bumper stickers in the U.S. states of Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. It was a term popular in the 1970s and referring primarily to the "haphazard, mindless development [of land] that has already gobbled up most of Southern California", which some attributed to an influx of Californians to other states in the Western U.S.
lexicalizationeng: Californication
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has glosshun: A Californication angol vegyülékszó, mely az 1970-es, 80-as években keletkezett az Egyesült Államokban. A "to Californicate" ige először Oregon államban tűnt fel az autók lökhárítójára ragasztott "Don't Californicate Oregon" szövegben.
lexicalizationhun: Californication

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