blustrification

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/blʌs.tɹɪf.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

noun

Boisterous celebration, carousal, or noisy outpouring.

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Meanings

nounblustrification (uncountable)
  1. colloquialdatedrareuncountableBoisterous celebration, carousal, or noisy outpouring.

    Party at mi casa. My wife and I made tamales stuffed with corned beef cooked in Guinness. A bi-cultural blustrification.

    2009 April/May, Jim Ruland, “Tribute to J. J. Orsborn”, in Razorcake, number 49, Los Angeles, C.A.: Razorcake/Gorsky Press, Inc., page 32, column 2
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    Cushin Cartridge, the tythe^([sic – meaning tithe])-proctor, pinshuner^([sic – meaning pensioner]), and police man, sends his love to ye, and says that your lether^([sic – meaning letter]) did put him in a big blustrification; […]

    1831, A Letter from Teddy Gallagher, of the County of Roscommon, to Patrick Mulligan, in Whitby: […], Whitby: R. Kirby, pages 3-4

    Christopher Murphy arrived from Ireland on Saturday last . . . and was kicking up a devil of a blustrification, when an officious watchman somewhat damped his raptures.

    1839 August 5, Evening Tattler, New York, N.Y.: Wilson and Co, →OCLC, page 2, column 4; quoted in Allen Walker Read, “The First Stage in the History of "O.K."”, in American Speech, volume 38, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, February 1963, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22

    Yeah, right. More blustrification. What was it Harry Truman said? Something like, “If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em.”

    2012, Lester Langertrippes, American Political Experience: A Campaign for Elective Office, page 29

    Synonyms: celebration, entertainment, feast, festival, festivity, function, gathering, fete

Synonyms & antonyms

nounBoisterous celebration, carousal, or noisy outpouring.

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celebrationentertainmentfeastfestivalfestivityfunctiongatheringfete

Origin

Possibly from bluster + -ification.

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blustrification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blustrification

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“blustrification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blustrification. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blustrification,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blustrification.

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