enshittify

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verb

To make (especially an online platform) worse by enshittification.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:enshittify.”

Opposite
disenshittify
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Meanings

verbenshittify (third-person singular simple present enshittifies, present participle enshittifying, simple past and past participle enshittified)

present singular third person enshittifies · participle present enshittifying · participle past enshittified · past enshittified

  1. neologismengineeringTo make (especially an online platform) worse by enshittification.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:enshittify.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
disenshittify

Origin

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

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Cite this entry
APA

enshittify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enshittify

MLA

“enshittify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enshittify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enshittify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enshittify.

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