Meanings
alternative jokerfication
- InternethumorousuncountableThe process of becoming nihilistic and disillusioned by society.
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2021 January 29, Giancarlo Buonamici, “Gamestop and the Jokerfication of the stock market”, in Bull & Bear - McGill's Student-run News Magazine2 more examples
Data about mental health suggests that even the most preternaturally chipper among us have tasted the Joker pill during the pandemic. But what if that Jokerfication isn’t fleeting?
2022 April 20, David Sirota, “Joker America”, in The LeverThe second guy’s distrust is key to a reading that jokerfication is desirable. Much of my fatalism around the state of the world has come from an increasingly dire view of humanity, informed by its decision to seemingly only make bad choices.
2025 February 20, Sam Williams, “The Jokerfication of Law”, in SSRN
Origin
Joker + -fication, referencing the meme become the Joker.
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