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Definition of automagically
automagically
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.
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
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| Definitions include: acronym for "Game of the Year". | |
| Definitions include: a spontaneous public gathering of people organized via the internet. | |
| Definitions include: on the web, for many sites to link to a particular website using a particular phrase, such that the particular website is the first result when searching for the phrase. | |
| Definitions include: "credibility". | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical condition that something depends on. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "love you like a sister". | |
| Definitions include: prefix added to a noun to make it Internet-related. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "way TMI", i.e. "way too much information". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Estimated Time of Arrival." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on floor laughing". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "pointy-haired boss". | |
| Definitions include: a particular class of "off-by-one" errors in which the intuitive answer is incorrect. | |
| Definitions include: a person who downloads without uploading in return. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I'm not an expert". | |
Other terms relating to 'easy, simple': | |
| Definitions include: easy. | |
| Definitions include: displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: easy or unchallenging. | |
| Definitions include: interjection indicating something will be easy. | |
| Definitions include: a contraction for "give me". | |
| Definitions include: something that's easy. | |
| Definitions include: something that cannot be fucked up. | |
| Definitions include: very easy. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: something easy. | |
| Definitions include: of an entire task, the easy portions. | |
| Definitions include: very easy. | |
| Definitions include: something easy. | |
| Definitions include: an easy task. | |
| Definitions include: being "a cinch", i.e. easy. | |
Other terms relating to 'fast, quick, quickly': | |
| Definitions include: a brief amount of time. | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: "quickly". | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: at any moment; without persuasion | |
| Definitions include: to make a process happen more quickly, often by skipping steps. | |
| Definitions include: to do something quickly. | |
| Definitions include: to accelerate, especially in an automobile. | |
| Definitions include: fast. | |
| Definitions include: to move quickly. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "as soon as possible". | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm. | |
| Definitions include: fast. | |
| Definitions include: to be strongly in agreement. | |
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| Definitions include: loose vagina. | |
| Definitions include: "shit." | |
| Definitions include: very unintelligent. | |
| Definitions include: unpleasant, disgusting, objectionable. | |
| Definitions include: mother. | |
| Definitions include: a prostitute. | |
| Definitions include: a language which is a dialectical synthesis of the English and Spanish languages. | |
| Definitions include: ice water, when ordered at a bar or other establishment that serves alcohol. | |
| Definitions include: a person who isn't liked in general. | |
| Definitions include: to perform cunnilingus. |
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