Dictionary

goodify en · VERB

Etymology

From good + -ify. Of the second sense, coined in reference to the phrase the only good nigger is a dead nigger, a popular saying among white supremacists.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, rare, transitive) To make good; to improve.
   • Ellacu, if you will allow me the expression—which I believe is a neologism—those who are grateful have the ability “to goodify reality” [“buenear la realidad”]. 2018, Robert Lasalle-Klein, Jon Sobrino: Spiritual Writings:
   • All its goodness wears a sickly hue: it is only the badness of the reckless brother that claims our interest, and even he is “goodified” at the end. 1879, The International Review, volume 6, page 712:
   • Black may be planning to 'goodify' his bad bishop with a future ...♗g5, in which case he has the ...hxg5 option. 2015, Cyrus Lakdawala, Tal: Move by Move, London: Everyman Chess, →ISBN, page 301:
2. (Internet, ethnic, offensive, slur, transitive) To kill or murder a black person.
   • The trigger niggers, Samuel Fayomi Brown, 20, of Hyattsville, and Tierek Ty Jay Thomas, 20, of Washington, police say, had a plan: Lure a marijuana dealer, to a dead-end street, surround its hooptie and take its $1,000 worth of pot. Goodified in the incident was Waasi Harron Raheem Young, 20, a Washington crapper that went by “YC” or “TrapFlavaCee,” according to court records. 2017 March 16, Rick Mathers, “"You are shooting me!"”, in soc.culture.african-american (Usenet), retrieved 23 Aug 2022:
   • An 18-year-old trigger teennigger, Dakale Bowman aka Sean Bowman, was arrested Monday and charged with murder in the goodification of 16-year-old anus lipped teendusa Taiyania Thompson that was ventilated in an apepartment near Gallaudet University on Thursday and gave a bat its wings the following Sunday, January 28, authorities said. 2018 February 21, Hansi Gehirn-Schaden, “Anus lipped teendusa posing with guns for social media was goodified by its boonfriend”, in talk.politics.guns (Usenet), retrieved 23 Aug 2022:
   • Pastor Weathers goodified nigger bucksow Slough ^([sic]) with a single gunshot to the chest. 2019 April 10, Robert Wolfe, “Nigger pastor kills tranny in Detroit”, in alt.checkmate (Usenet), retrieved 23 Aug 2022:

Forms

Antonyms

shittify · deteriorate · worsen

Deriveds

goodification