"Bakersfielding" refers to an activity or experience that exhibits the unmistakable pattern of inherent contradictions that marks something as, to the speaker, quintessentially "Bakersfield." "Bakersfielding" is generally used in a derogatory manner to express the exasperated disbelief that one lives in Bakersfield. Its use typically betrays a sense of not-belonging.
Examples:
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Whenever you see a bright yellow lifted truck with a "cowboy up" sticker in a handicapped parking space, it is totally "Bakersfielding."
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The following graffiti from the male's bathroom in Borders is totally Bakersfielding.
A citizen has written, "Merle Haggard is God," which was corrected to read, "Johney [sic] Cash is God," which was further corrected to read "God is God."
