Monday 4th July 2016
Automagical \ [aw-toh-maj-i-kuh l]
Adjectivective
1. (of a usually complicated technical or computer process) done,
operating, or happening in a way that is hidden from or not understood
by the user, and in that sense, apparently “magical”:
I just downloaded an automagical update to my word processing
software that somehow fixed the problems.
Quote
According to Sterling, the result "is that I no longer inventory my possessions
inside my own head. They're inventoried through an automagical inventory
voodoo, work done far beneath my notice by a host of machines. I no longer
bother to remember where I put things."
...Marcus Boon, In Praise of Copying 2010
Origin
Automagical entered English in the 1980’s. Its first element, auto, stems from
the Greek autómatos meaning "self-moving"; magical can be traced to the
Greek magikós.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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