Etymology

enshittify

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Today it means: To make (especially an online platform) worse by enshittification. Full definition →

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The story

From en- + shittify. Coined by Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction author Cory Doctorow in 2022 along with enshittification.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.