GAMIFICATION

PRONUNCIATION: (gay-mi-fi-KAY-shuhn)

MEANING: noun: The application of game-related elements to an activity to make it more engaging.

ETYMOLOGY: From game, from Old English gaman (entertainment) + -fication (making), from facere (to do or make). Earliest documented use: 2008.

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RAMIFICATION - Dodge Motor Company is switching entirely to light trucks

GRAMIFICATION - metric measurements are coming!

GATIFICATION - Second Amendment carried to the extreme