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Instamatic

noun

Etymology

Trade name of the 1960s, from insta- + automatic.

  1. derived from αὐτόματον
  2. derived from automatum — “automaton”
  3. borrowed from automaticus
  4. formed as instamatic — “insta- + automatic”

Definitions

  1. A kind of inexpensive point-and-shoot camera.

    • I wanna be Instamatic / I wanna be a frozen pea / I wanna be dehydrated / In a consumer society

The neighborhood

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