bastardization
Britishnoun
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the act of bastardizing
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an initiation ceremony in a school or military unit, esp one involving brutality
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brutality or bullying
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Eventually they settled on Lynyrd Skynyrd, a bastardization of Leonard Skinner, a gym teacher who had hassled them in high school because of their long hair.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
As recounted in this space last week, his mellifluous nickname was a bastardization of the surname of Richmond hat maker L.J.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2023
To younger viewers sorting through a waning obsession with all things '90s, here's a sketch troupe that played a role in defining the era by marrying that decade's bastardization of irony with absurdism.
From Salon ● May 20, 2022
Together with Natalie, we watched a “scriptment,” which is basically a script/treatment bastardization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2021
“It is a bastardization of our language,” she said, “which in Puerto Rico is Spanish.”
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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