"goodify" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goodifies [present, singular, third-person], goodifying [participle, present], goodified [participle, past], goodified [past]
Etymology: From good + -ify. * (kill a black person): Coined in reference to the phrase "the only good nigger is a dead nigger", a popular saying among white supremacists. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|good|-ify}} good + -ify, {{sense|kill a black person}} (kill a black person): Head templates: {{en-verb}} goodify (third-person singular simple present goodifies, present participle goodifying, simple past and past participle goodified)
  1. (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To make good; to improve. Tags: nonstandard, rare, transitive Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-goodify-en-verb-~~ZsMOKj Disambiguation of Death: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 78 22
  2. (transitive, Internet slang, offensive, ethnic slur) To kill or murder a black person. Tags: Internet, ethnic, offensive, slur, transitive Categories (topical): Death, Murder
    Sense id: en-goodify-en-verb-wHTsIJo3 Disambiguation of Death: 50 50 Disambiguation of Murder: 39 61 Categories (other): English ethnic slurs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: goodification

Inflected forms

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