Yankify

English

Alternative forms

• yankify

Etymology

From Yank or Yankee +‎ -ify.

Verb

Yankify (third-person singular simple present Yankifies, present participle Yankifying, simple past and past participle Yankified)

1. (transitive) To render (someone or something) American.
2. (intransitive) To become American.
   • 1953, Ann Bridge, A Place to Stand, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1967, page 43:

     ‘Then what can I do for you?’ he asked—he spoke rather fluent yankified English.

   • 2012 December 21, Katie Forster, “An American Christmas: Why are we sacrificing British traditions for a yankified yuletide?”, in The Independent‎^[1]:

     The popularity of American-style trends over here is nothing new. Yet we now seem to be nearing a point where our yankified tastes cease to be imitation and we begin to believe that we are, in fact, American.