Home › Words › F › footballifyfootballifyfootballify · verb — to make more like or about a game of football.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, footballify ranks #31,884 of 43,275 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom football + -ify.verbTo make more like or about a game of football.e.g.“But after a decade, the network is ditching that song, replacing it with Underwood’s footballified version of her 2014 Miranda Lambert duet “Somethin’ Bad,” which will be called “Oh, Sunday Night.”” — 2016 June 20, Carl Williot, “Carrie Underwood Is Reworking “Somethin’ Bad” Into New ‘Sunday Night Football’ Theme”, in Idolator:To make more like or about a game of football.; To make into a contest between two teams where group loyalty is more important than anything else.e.g.“In the process, history has been footballified […] It's been turned into a game, with sides and jeering supporters.” — 2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 44:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).