All I know is that terms like "cheapening" and "torontized" cannot be found in the dictionary and are absolutely ridiculous terms since their definitions are based in unfounded and unknown ideas.
Of course they are not in the dictionary: they are terms that have been coined. I can only speak for The Cheapening™ since that one is mine: it refers to expectations that are created by renderings which are not met when the building is built. It most certainly does happen that some architectural details change as projects progress: costing is done, or value engineering, or whatever you want to call it, and some buildings are changed significantly enough that we end up disappointed by missing features, or what appear to be downgraded materials. It actually does not happen all that often, so it's not a term I apply to that many buildings. It seemed to occur more often when I joined UT several years ago.
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