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noun

• signature.

  Can I get your autograph on the credit card slip?

  Last edited on Jul 26 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

adverb

• to happen automatically, in a way that appears almost magical.

  When you close the laptop's lid, it will automagically go into hibernation mode.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: easy, simple.
  • See more words with the same meaning: fast, quick, quickly.

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by Allen G. on Dec 18 2000.

origin

• The New Oxford American Dictionary reports that the term dates to the 1940s, and is a blend of "automatically" and "magically".

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Apr 17 2009.

noun

• an icon, pictorial, or 3D representation of a person online. In the online gaming community, for example, one's character as seen by other players is one's avatar. Origin: in Hindu mythology, an avatar is a physical incarnation of a deity on earth.

  Her game avatar was getting its butt kicked.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Jan 12 2003. Submitted by Ray G. from Seattle, WA, USA on Jan 12 2003.

noun

• a fan of the movie Avatar.

  I saw it in the theaters four times. I think I might be an Avatard.

  • See more words with the same meaning: an expert, a fan.

  Last edited on Oct 16 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 26 2010.

noun

• afternoon.

  What are you up to this avo?

  Last edited on Oct 04 2012. Submitted by Piotr K. from Vancouver, BC, Canada on Jul 19 2004.