2006-06-17 17:41:05 · 14 answers · asked by (omplExity _|_ 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Californication is a portmanteau word derived from bumper stickers frequently seen on cars in the state of Oregon during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The stickers said "Don't Californicate Oregon" in reference to the ongoing massive influx into Oregon of people from California. This shift was brought about largely by the completion of Interstate 5 in 1964. Prior to that time, the main route into Oregon from California was via the twisty, two-lane Oregon Highway 99. Towns like Medford, Eugene and Portland have tripled or more in size since 1964, and this population shift has been added to by the massive movement of legal and illegal immigrants mainly into the West Coast states from south of the border. The word is a blend of California and fornication, and is usually intended to convey an obscene alternate meaning.
2006-06-17 17:46:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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wht does califonication mean??
2015-08-07 15:22:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Red Hot Chili Pepper song.
2016-03-19 01:17:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word does not mean a thing, it will never make the english dictionary.
It is a song title, you can have the original grunge group change it to your local home state. Probably less than $30 to pay the singer, or $100 for the group to cut the CD.
2006-06-17 17:48:27 · answer #4 · answered by Neil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Californiacation
The process whereby the subject or object is enveloped in a California-esqe hold, whereby everyone is young, perfect but most of all plastic and fake.
Ex: Looks like Amy's got a case of Californiacation going on.
2006-06-17 17:45:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Califonication
2016-10-04 03:27:14 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It goes back to the 13th century China, when the Grand Wizard declared that there should be a team of secret spies. The spies thrive on today, stealing your mind's elation through song.
- Jonathan
2006-06-17 17:45:18 · answer #7 · answered by jonny g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
West Side Style F**kin
2006-06-19 19:19:00 · answer #8 · answered by summerain2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the California reference is not what you were after, you may have coined a word meaning "creating beautiful sounds".
Unfortunately it is not a real English word (yet?)
In Greek they had a word kalliphonia "beauty of sound" and if we Anglicise the spelling we get califonia.
2006-06-18 05:45:52 · answer #9 · answered by zlevad29 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are referring to the red hot chili peppers song...it is californication not califonication...
and I would think it pretty much means that california is f***ng the rest of the world over...
fornication is another word for the sex act...
get it, got it...good...
2006-06-17 17:44:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋