Martha Stewart

verb

To improve the aesthetic of (a location); engage in home decorating.

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Meanings

verbMartha Stewart (third-person singular simple present Martha Stewarts, present participle Martha Stewarting, simple past and past participle Martha Stewarted)

present singular third person Martha Stewarts · participle present Martha Stewarting · participle past Martha Stewarted · past Martha Stewarted

  1. ambitransitiveTo improve the aesthetic of (a location); engage in home decorating.

    Mayor Daley presides over the Martha Stewarting of Chicago.

    2001 March, Blair Kamin, “Fussing with the Cityscape”, in Metropolis, volume 20, page 64
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    Shelby is a serious hostess. She’s taken classes on it. Actually, all this Martha Stewarting is what makes Shelby shine.

    2002, Will Clarke, Lord Vishnu’s Love Handles: A Spy Novel (Sort Of), New York; London; Toronto; Sydney: Simon & Schuster, published 2005, →ISBN, page 29

    I know it’s not all Martha Stewart’ed-up in this joint, but considering that you now live in a crater, I wouldn’t think you’d be casting aspersions.

    2011 November, Judd Winick, edited by Rickey Purdin and Rachel Gluckstern, Catwoman, number 1, DC Comics, page 6

Origin

After Martha Stewart, host of the Martha Stewart Living television show (1991–2004).

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APA

Martha Stewart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Martha%20Stewart

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“Martha Stewart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Martha%20Stewart. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Martha Stewart,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Martha%20Stewart.

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