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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To use generative AI to transform an image into a style resembling the work of Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism, transitive
Qualifier: artificial intelligence
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Studio Ghibli + -ify, itself derived from Italian ghibli (“a hot, dust-carrying desert wind in North Africa”). The trend originated in late March 2025 after OpenAI introduced 4o Image Generation, which allowed users to upload and edit their own images using ChatGPT.
