Bostonize

English Etymology From en Boston ize. Verb en transitive To make Bostonian; to adapt to the norms or culture of Boston. en 1972 Grant Cochran Knight American literature and culture 374 His purpose was evidently to Americanize, or at least Bostonize, the realism he had observed in Russian and French literature by attending only to the more commonplace in character and event. en 1981 Harold Earle Johnson Hallelujah, amen! President Upham delivered a lengthy speech which covered the entire history of the Society along with some Puritanical sniffing. There was regret that, in stating that the Festival was for all America, he should Bostonize the affair so irritatingly. Related terms en Bostonization