babygirlification

== English == === Etymology === From babygirl (“a male fictional character or celebrity of whom one is extremely fond”) +‎ -ification. === Noun === babygirlification (uncountable) (originally fandom slang) The act or process of making a male fictional character or celebrity into a "babygirl." 2023, Genny Sheara, "'Nothing will come of nothing:' A Succession Retrospective [Spoilers]", The Spectator (Seattle University), 31 May 2023: The ‘babygirlification’ of the Roy siblings and overabundance of pretentious thought-pieces online is a clear testament to the empathetic portrayal of each character. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:babygirlification. === See also === infantilization woobification (general romanticisation of morally ambiguous characters) adultification