Definition of "bastardization" [bastardization]

• A degradation of a language caused by the passage of time or geographical remoteness. (noun)

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• "Governors Island hamlet called Goverthing (a bastardization of a Dutch word)."
• "The item that was easiest to spot the differences between the Irish original and our bastardization was the soda bread."
• "KB: So this "bastardization" led you to erect and paint the Bruno S Island Acting School into the blueprints of the Louvre?"