Citations:vanillafy

English citations of vanillafy

Verb: "to make generic, tame, or anodyne"

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• 1997 April 1, bASQUE oNer [username], “Re: new thread: why you write...”, in alt.graffiti‎^[1] (Usenet):

  Elvis is a hick who stole rock from blacks and vanillafied it to validate it for mainstream culture....

• 2001, Matthew Kalesh, "A Feast for the Senses", Gifts & Decorative Accessories, 1 January 2001:

  In Carver's words, the interior had been "vanillafied" into a colorless muddle that, while perhaps fitting for a modern pharmacy, was not the right kind of environment for a store that emphasized beauty and sensuality.

• 2001 August 30, ellis, “Re: What's wrong with Trek?”, in alt.mountain-bike‎^[2] (Usenet):

  Wall Street-style M&A (mergers & acquisitions) is vanillafying one of the most innovative sectors of our economy (cycling industry had the highest patents per year last year than any--even more than biotech).

• 2001 June 22, spp [username], “Re: A definition of gender to play with”, in alt.polyamory‎^[3] (Usenet):

  Maybe it doesn't count as reclaiming if in the process you've vanillafied the word away from its original meaning.

• 2004 January 20, Charles Soto, “Re: How to stop verbal bullying (was Re: Rant: Over indulgent parents strike again)”, in rec.autos.driving‎^[4] (Usenet):

  They WILL be exposed to different cultures, unless specific measures are taken to vanillafy their experiences.

• 2008 November 17, kaboom [username], “Re: My Mind's Made Up:”, in rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled‎^[5] (Usenet):

  I have to admit, however, the previous Impreza was a far more *fun* car than the 2008. The 2008 has been vanillafied for the masses. :)

• 2012, Guy Adams, Sherlock: The Casebook, BBC Books (2012), →ISBN, page 29:

  'We like our heroes to be complex,' he [Benedict Cumberbatch] continues. 'We don't like two-dimensional stereotypes. They don't last very long. Also, for an actor, it's a lot more fun to play someone who has shape and edge than someone who has been softened and "vanillafied".'

• 2012 June 10, Nicole Massey, “Re: Oh, I get it now, Fighters /should/ have spells.”, in rec.games.frp.dnd‎^[6] (Usenet):

  This tends to vanillafy things so there's less definition to playing the character class, and also makes it far easier for folks who don't play well with others to go it alone, which circumvents the social nature of the game.

• 2013, Lewis Call, BDSM in American Science Fiction and Fantasy, Palgrave Macmillan (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  They thus found it necessary to undermine the kink-positive reading of Buffy/Spike. But by making this choice, the writers of Buffy (much like the BBC executives who attempted to vanillafy the British version) were depriving their audience of a valuable opportunity.