Everything about Californication Portmanteau totally explained
Californication is a
portmanteau of
California and
fornication, written about in
Time on
August 211972 and seen on
bumper stickers in the
U.S. states of
Colorado,
Oregon,
Idaho, and
Washington. It refers primarily to a "haphazard, mindless development that has already gobbled up most of Southern California", which some attribute to an influx of Californians to other states in the
Western U.S.
Oregon
Californication as a
pejorative was a culmination of sentiments known in the 1940s, typified by
Stewart Holbrook, author and
The Oregonian columnist, who campaigned through the fictitious
James G. Blaine Society against development and unchecked population growth.
Similar groups—such as The Miller Society—jokingly promoted measures like building a 16-foot high fence all along
Interstate 5 to prevent exiting between California and
Washington, expelling non-native Oregon born residents, and instituting a $5000 immigration fee. Almost overnight, bumper stickers that discouraged Oregon immigration were widely seen:
The famous radioactive vapors of the Columbia River will get you!, and
Oregonians don't tan; they rust. The banner
Don't Californicate Oregon became the symbol of James Cloutier's line of "Oregon Ungreeting Cards", which carried sentiments such as
"Tom Lawson McCall, governor, on behalf of the citizens of the great state of Oregon, cordially invites you to visit... Washington or California or Idaho or Nevada or Afghanistan".
Colorado
On
November 71972, in a statewide referendum, Colorado voters rejected a
bond issue to fund the hosting of the
1976 Winter Olympics. The venue for the games would have been spread over 150 miles, and was widely viewed as license for unbridled development. As part of the opposition to the bond, the slogan
Don't Californicate Colorado was coined, appearing on bumper stickers and placards across the state. This rejection by Colorado voters followed a trend in the western states to blame the arrival of Californians for the urban growth problems experienced in states like Colorado,
Montana,
New Mexico and Oregon.
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