automagically

Automatically, but in a way that, for some reason (typically because it is too complicated, or too ugly, or perhaps even too trivial), the speaker doesn't feel like explaining to you.

This term is quite old, going back at least to the mid-70s in jargon and probably much earlier. The word `automagic' occurred in advertising (for a shirt-ironing gadget) as far back as the late 1940s.

"The C-INTERCAL compiler generates C, then automagically invokes cc(1) to produce an executable."

by Biohertz January 31, 2003

B5

common Abbreviation for "Babylon 5", a science-fiction TV series as revered among hackers as was the original Star Trek.

by Biohertz January 31, 2003

godmode

A common cheat in shooter video games, allows the player to be invincible.

"I'll godmode that wiener!"

by Biohertz January 31, 2003