kirkify

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UK/ˈkɜːkɪ.faɪ/US/ˈkɜɹkɪ.faɪ/

verb

To edit or face-swap someone's face with American political activist Charlie Kirk, often as part of a meme.

OriginProto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English Kirk →
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Meanings

verbkirkify (third-person singular simple present kirkifies, present participle kirkifying, simple past and past participle kirkified)

present singular third person kirkifies · participle present kirkifying · participle past kirkified · past kirkified

  1. InternetUSneologismgovernmentTo edit or face-swap someone's face with American political activist Charlie Kirk, often as part of a meme.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁ryós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kúrios
  4. Ancient Greekκῡ́ριος (kū́rios)
  5. Koine Greekκῡριακός (kūriakós)
  6. Koine Greekκῡρῐᾰκόν (kūrĭăkón)
  7. Proto-West Germanic*kirikā
  8. Old Englishċiriċe
  9. Old Norsekirkja
  10. Northern Middle Englishkirke
  11. Englishkirk
  12. EnglishKirk
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  14. Proto-Italic*θakos
  15. Englishkirkify

From Kirk + -ify, after Charlie Kirk, American political activist.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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