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Is it actually established that "Californicate" is a portmanteau of "California" and "fornicate"? I've always understood it to be a denominative of just California. The obscene connotation doesn't really make sense; if the bumper stickers said "Don't Californicate with Oregon" it would be more plausible. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.112.43.153 ( talk • contribs) 2006-04-30 23:36:58 (UTC).
My understanding is that it wasn't the influx of people so much as the California-style construction that was threatening: wide freeways, lots of interchanges, traffic signals, street lights and malls, especially soulless strip malls all at the expense of woodland and forest. The double entendre was that the land was being raped. — EncMstr 23:06, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
This article ( San Diego Hysterical Society Spoof) aludes that the bumper sticker ( for sale here) dates back to the 1920s. At least they got the Californian migration part correct. — EncMstr 18:44, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
The meaning of the term described in this article may be older, but in modern context, isn't the meaning of the term more akin to Americanization and the exporting of Californian culture throughout the world? — Aiden 14:26, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
I think the 1999 album by the Chili Peppers is what the vast majority of people are expecting when they search on the term "Californication". Perhaps it would make sense to switch the pages, so that the content in Californication(album) comes here, and this stuff moves to, say, Californication(saying)? --DT —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.20.237.230 ( talk) 19:59, 11 April 2007 (UTC).
I went ahead and was bold and moved this page to Californication (portmanteau) and have requested that Californication (disambiguation) be moved here. (It will take an admin to complete the move). That should simplify things, I hope. Katr67 18:44, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Someone should write an entry on Wiktionary for this. 70.49.127.65 ( talk) 11:52, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Is it me or have I been noticing different type of people here in Oregon? I mean, for all of these years, this state was litter-free up until like 2012. I've been noticing refuse, carts, thrown mattresses, garbage bags, and tents out in urban Oregon cities lately. It might be due to the Oregon Ducks being ranked number one in the nation that triggers people to move here. They also have been making Duck commercials nationwide, so when people witness that they think it's "a better university". I've been hearing that people are moving away from the North East. UO has also been ranked the 'smartest university to graduate' within the couple of years.( Wethar555 ( talk) 05:59, 29 January 2013 (UTC))
Oxford Irish Quotations (1999) tells me that one James Montgomery is credited with this word. On being appointed the Irish Film Censor, he's quoted as saying "I am between the devil and the Holy See ... [My task is to prevent] the Californication of Ireland".
Montgomery was appointed Film Censor in 1923. Here is a corroborating citation for the 1923 usage. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 12:40, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
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Is it actually established that "Californicate" is a portmanteau of "California" and "fornicate"? I've always understood it to be a denominative of just California. The obscene connotation doesn't really make sense; if the bumper stickers said "Don't Californicate with Oregon" it would be more plausible. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.112.43.153 ( talk • contribs) 2006-04-30 23:36:58 (UTC).
My understanding is that it wasn't the influx of people so much as the California-style construction that was threatening: wide freeways, lots of interchanges, traffic signals, street lights and malls, especially soulless strip malls all at the expense of woodland and forest. The double entendre was that the land was being raped. — EncMstr 23:06, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
This article ( San Diego Hysterical Society Spoof) aludes that the bumper sticker ( for sale here) dates back to the 1920s. At least they got the Californian migration part correct. — EncMstr 18:44, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
The meaning of the term described in this article may be older, but in modern context, isn't the meaning of the term more akin to Americanization and the exporting of Californian culture throughout the world? — Aiden 14:26, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
I think the 1999 album by the Chili Peppers is what the vast majority of people are expecting when they search on the term "Californication". Perhaps it would make sense to switch the pages, so that the content in Californication(album) comes here, and this stuff moves to, say, Californication(saying)? --DT —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.20.237.230 ( talk) 19:59, 11 April 2007 (UTC).
I went ahead and was bold and moved this page to Californication (portmanteau) and have requested that Californication (disambiguation) be moved here. (It will take an admin to complete the move). That should simplify things, I hope. Katr67 18:44, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Someone should write an entry on Wiktionary for this. 70.49.127.65 ( talk) 11:52, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Is it me or have I been noticing different type of people here in Oregon? I mean, for all of these years, this state was litter-free up until like 2012. I've been noticing refuse, carts, thrown mattresses, garbage bags, and tents out in urban Oregon cities lately. It might be due to the Oregon Ducks being ranked number one in the nation that triggers people to move here. They also have been making Duck commercials nationwide, so when people witness that they think it's "a better university". I've been hearing that people are moving away from the North East. UO has also been ranked the 'smartest university to graduate' within the couple of years.( Wethar555 ( talk) 05:59, 29 January 2013 (UTC))
Oxford Irish Quotations (1999) tells me that one James Montgomery is credited with this word. On being appointed the Irish Film Censor, he's quoted as saying "I am between the devil and the Holy See ... [My task is to prevent] the Californication of Ireland".
Montgomery was appointed Film Censor in 1923. Here is a corroborating citation for the 1923 usage. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 12:40, 18 November 2016 (UTC)