babygirlification

English
This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Etymology

babygirl (“a male fictional character or celebrity of whom one is extremely fond”) +‎ -ification

Noun

babygirlification (uncountable)

  1. (fandom slang) The act or process of making a male fictional character or celebrity into a "babygirl."
    • 2022 December 1, Rachel Choi, “The babygirlification of Ghost in COD is threatening the incels”, in The Berkeley Beacon, Emerson College, page 4:
      This entire fiasco stemming from the babygirlification of a tall, masked man is the perfect time to reflect on society’s problem of perceiving both men and women.
    • 2023 March 2, Carola Ríos Pérez, “TikTok's Babygirlification: Explained!”, in Her Campus:
      My TikTok For You Page bombarded me with edits of Simon “Ghost” Riley, which was how I found out about babygirlfication in the first place.
    • 2023, Genny Sheara, "'Nothing will come of nothing:' A Succession Retrospective [Spoilers]", The Spectator (Seattle University), 31 May 2023:
      The ‘babygirlification’ of the Roy siblings and overabundance of pretentious thought-pieces online is a clear testament to the empathetic portrayal of each character.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:babygirlification.

See also
  • woobification (general romanticisation of morally ambiguous characters)
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