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instant karma

noun

Etymology

From instant + karma.

  1. borrowed from कर्म
  2. compounded as instant karma — “instant + karma”

Definitions

  1. A circumstance where something deserving but unexpected happens, especially, when a…

    A circumstance where something deserving but unexpected happens, especially, when a person's actions backfire and cause an immediate unforeseen and unintended effect that may be deemed just deserts for those actions.

    • Don't surround yourself with yourself Move on back two squares Send an instant karma to me Initial it with loving care.
    • The eyes that met Paul's across a crowded London club 22 years ago when she was an unknown freelance photographer and he was, what? A god? "Instant karma" — this said romantically.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for instant karma. 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