Definitions
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- adverb In an
automagical manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Acknowledging that it is a decade or so old, I much prefer the phrase automagically to automatically.
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Acknowledging that it is a decade or so old, I much prefer the phrase automagically to automatically.
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If you add the new G_SATELLITE_3D_MAP map type to your MapsAPI initialization code your site will "automagically" support Google Earth via a button in the maps view
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If you add the new G_SATELLITE_3D_MAP map type to your MapsAPI initialization code your site will "automagically" support Google Earth via a button in the maps view
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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The big attraction, I assure you, is not the fact that UGC is so good or done by pros, but that it's free, possibly explosive, and can be "automagically" repurposed and sold to customers.
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Now, you can sit back and modulate the brakes while the car "automagically" steers itself through the reversing maneuver.
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Now, you can sit back and modulate the brakes while the car "automagically" steers itself through the reversing maneuver.
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Aside from being the man who coined the term "automagically," Bucher was a founding member of WebTV, which was acquired by Microsoft.
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Aside from being the man who coined the term "automagically," Bucher was a founding member of WebTV, which was acquired by Microsoft.
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Win XP on this computer, and my browser somehow doesn't "automagically" recognise it, yet I succeeded to view the text in Word it did not list the font in the font pull-down menu either, I had to write the font name "Dilyana" manually! but now it works
super-echo commented on the word automagically
I dislike this word. Intensely.
May 7, 2008
bilby commented on the word automagically
Ah.
May 7, 2008
spadly commented on the word automagically
Tell me this isn't a real word now...
November 14, 2008
niels commented on the word automagically
I use this word when cynicism is the order of the day:
The crotchety old professors thought the Internet would steal their content automagically.
November 14, 2008
dontcry commented on the word automagically
Quite yer whinin'! It's a perfectly accurate, utilitarian and delightfully descriptive "word" my kids use to describe a process they don't understand.
How does the lamppost come on just at dusk each day? It's automagic!
December 12, 2008
rolig commented on the word automagically
This seems like a good candidate for Sionnach's eggcorns and effles list.
December 12, 2008
ipodrulz commented on the word automagically
I used to hate this word. It was when I started using it subconsciously did I realize I liked it.
April 26, 2009