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-o-matic

suffix

Etymology

Back-formation from automatic.

Definitions

  1. Appended to titles of (often fictional) machines, especially to suggest that the verb to…

    Appended to titles of (often fictional) machines, especially to suggest that the verb to which the suffix is appended is its primary function.

    • The Fix-o-Matic 2000 set about repairing the old car.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -o-matic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA