blustrification

English

Etymology

Possibly from bluster +‎ -ification.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blʌs.tɹɪf.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

Noun

blustrification (uncountable)

1. (rare, dated, colloquial) Boisterous celebration, carousal, or noisy outpouring.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:celebration

   • 1831, A Letter from Teddy Gallagher, of the County of Roscommon, to Patrick Mulligan, in Whitby: […], Whitby: R. Kirby, pages 3-4:

     Cushin Cartridge, the tythe^{[sic – meaning tithe]}-proctor, pinshuner^{[sic – meaning pensioner]}, and police man, sends his love to ye, and says that your lether^{[sic – meaning letter]} did put him in a big blustrification; […]

   • 1839 August 5, Evening Tattler, New York, N.Y.: Wilson and Co, →OCLC, page 2, column 4; quoted in Allen Walker Read, “The First Stage in the History of "O.K."”, in American Speech, volume 38, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, 1963 February, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22:

     Christopher Murphy arrived from Ireland on Saturday last . . . and was kicking up a devil of a blustrification, when an officious watchman somewhat damped his raptures.

   • 2009 April/May, Jim Ruland, “Tribute to J. J. Orsborn”, in Razorcake, number 49, Los Angeles, C.A.: Razorcake/Gorsky Press, Inc., page 32, column 2:

     Party at mi casa. My wife and I made tamales stuffed with corned beef cooked in Guinness. A bi-cultural blustrification.

   • 2012, Lester Langertrippes, American Political Experience: A Campaign for Elective Office, page 29:

     Yeah, right. More blustrification. What was it Harry Truman said? Something like, “If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em.”

See also

• Appendix:Fanciful 19th century American coinages