pumpkinification means the act of turning into a pumpkin; usually in jocular opposition to deification. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
Why “pumpkinification” is a great word
PUMPKINIFICATION — [Noun] The act of turning into a pumpkin, used humorously as a mock opposite of deification. From pumpkin + -ification, a calque of the Ancient Greek ἀποκολοκύντωσις (apokolokúntōsis, "pumpkinification") via the Latin apocolocyntosis, specifically from the title of the satire Apocolocyntosis (divi) Claudii. Unlike apotheosis, which implies reverent elevation, or deification, which denotes a solemn bestowal of godhood, pumpkinification is a satirical debasement, a reduction to the most ludicrously banal of gourds. It is the sound of a triumphal march played on a kazoo, the spectacle of an emperor's laurels wilting into coarse orange rind, and the quiet, vegetal fate awaiting all hollow men—a perfect reminder that all worldly grandeur aspires, ultimately, to the compost heap.
Etymology
From pumpkin + -ification: a calque of the Ancient Greek ἀποκολοκύντωσις (apokolokúntōsis) via the Latin apocolocyntosis. From the title of the work Apocolocyntosis (divi) Claudii, a satire on the deification of Claudius.
noun
- The act of turning into a pumpkin; usually in jocular opposition to deification.“1870, George Long, s.n. "Seneca, L. Annaeus", page 781 in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, volume III.
Apocolocyntosis, is a satire against the emperor Claudius. The word is a play on the term Apotheosis or deification, and is equivalent in meaning to Pumpkinification, or the reception of Claudius among the pumpkins.”