What is the meaning of californication?

Question

californication by red hot chilli peper

Answer 1

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It is a negative term,

"Fornication" is sexual intercourse between unmarried people, but is also meant to describe fetting really screwed by someone who doesn't care.

"californication" is the condition where people from california move to neighboring states (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada nd Arizona) and take over the state's character, making it a kind of califronia colony, spupressing the original condition of the state.

When I went to Oregon in the mid 70s, cars had bumper stickers that said "Don't Californicate oregon!"

Answer 2

Fornication is another word for having sex, and they just played on that word, combining it with California.

Answer 3

Stephen K got it right on.

Answer 4

It is a compound neologism. That is, a word made of two other words put together ( California + Fornication ),that's compound. A neologism is a word that does not appear in modern dictionaries, and someone makes it up.
The literal meaning is "Promiscuity in California" . Fornication means promiscuity.That is, casual sex.
But reading the lyrics of the song,
I guess the meaning Kiedis wanted to impart was " Vanity in California" as he mentions a lot of Hollywood and dreams of fortune and fame.

Source(s):

English studies.

Answer 5

Californication may refer to:

1.Californication (album), an album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

2."Californication (song)", the title track and fourth single from the album.

3.Californication (portmanteau), an expression that refers to the influx of Californians into various western states in the U.S.

4.Californication (TV series), a US television series
"Californication" (Californication episode), the pilot episode of the series