Citations:vanillafy

Verb: "to make generic, tame, or anodyne"

 * 2001, Matthew Kalesh, "A Feast for the Senses", Gifts & Decorative Accessories, 1 January 2001:
 * In Carver's words, the interior had been "vanillafied" into a colorless muddle that, while perhaps fitting for a modern pharmacy, was not the right kind of environment for a store that emphasized beauty and sensuality.
 * 2012, Guy Adams, Sherlock: The Casebook, BBC Books (2012), ISBN 9781849904254, page 29:
 * 'We like our heroes to be complex,' he [Benedict Cumberbatch] continues. 'We don't like two-dimensional stereotypes. They don't last very long. Also, for an actor, it's a lot more fun to play someone who has shape and edge than someone who has been softened and "vanillafied".'
 * 2013, Lewis Call, BDSM in American Science Fiction and Fantasy, Palgrave Macmillan (2013), ISBN 9780230348042, unnumbered page:
 * They thus found it necessary to undermine the kink-positive reading of Buffy/Spike. But by making this choice, the writers of Buffy (much like the BBC executives who attempted to vanillafy the British version) were depriving their audience of a valuable opportunity.
 * 2012, Guy Adams, Sherlock: The Casebook, BBC Books (2012), ISBN 9781849904254, page 29:
 * 'We like our heroes to be complex,' he [Benedict Cumberbatch] continues. 'We don't like two-dimensional stereotypes. They don't last very long. Also, for an actor, it's a lot more fun to play someone who has shape and edge than someone who has been softened and "vanillafied".'
 * 2013, Lewis Call, BDSM in American Science Fiction and Fantasy, Palgrave Macmillan (2013), ISBN 9780230348042, unnumbered page:
 * They thus found it necessary to undermine the kink-positive reading of Buffy/Spike. But by making this choice, the writers of Buffy (much like the BBC executives who attempted to vanillafy the British version) were depriving their audience of a valuable opportunity.
 * 2013, Lewis Call, BDSM in American Science Fiction and Fantasy, Palgrave Macmillan (2013), ISBN 9780230348042, unnumbered page:
 * They thus found it necessary to undermine the kink-positive reading of Buffy/Spike. But by making this choice, the writers of Buffy (much like the BBC executives who attempted to vanillafy the British version) were depriving their audience of a valuable opportunity.