starbucksification
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The increased homogeneity of an area as a result of big business, to the detriment of local character and diversity.
Derogatory; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In what might be seen as a move to promote salon-style discussions or a result of society's Starbucksification, a self-serve, push-button cappuccino, latte, and espresso machine came fall quarter to the Bartlett Dining Commons."
- "It leads to chainstores swallowing up individual enterprises; it leads to the phenomenon, recently labelled 'clone towns' in the UK, whereby every high street looks pretty much like every other high street. It leads to the Starbucksification of the world […]"
- "The billboards were placed by an informal coalition of independent Louisville businesses – a protest against 'Starbucksification', sparked by the sale of Hawley-Cooke, Louisville's largest independent bookstore, to Borders in August 2003."
Etymology
Etymology tree Old Norse stor Old Norse bekkr English Starbeck English Starbuck English -'s English -s English Starbucks Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English Starbucksification From Starbucks + -ification, named after the American coffee company and coffeehouse chain.