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Automation 

Automation is the use of technology to perform tasks with minimal human input
Here’s how women in robotics startups are shaping the future of automation through technological improvement and fighting against gender stereotypes.
Automation by women achiever November 30, 2023

Automation!

Automation! Is what a company tells an employee when they need an excuse to use to smoothly fire the employee.
That Spunt Monroe still ain't got a job? Wow thats some seriously Automation! shit!
Automation! by Golden💖 May 12, 2019

automation poisoning 

The phenomenon observed in late 2022, around the time when OpenAI's ChatGPT gained widespread adoption, of a younger generation of software developers holding the specific belief that, due to the disruptive technology behind artificial intelligence models such as Large Language Models (LLMs) and chat agents such as ChatGPT, all tasks are able to be completed entirely or partially via these AI advancements.

Moreover, this sickness can be identified as more severe if the individual under suspicion of infection can be observed saying the blatant phrase: "I could automate that." Other signs of infection include a drastic decrease in productivity, which is in rare cases followed by a massive spike in the same productivity. This spike is less and less frequently being observed in the community.
Hiring Manager: Fuck man, I'm getting tired of all these bratty little applicants trying to tell me this position could be "like completely 'done' with ChatGPT, man..." They've got automation poisoning, the lot of 'em.

Hiring Manager 2: I hear you. I accidentally caught a glimpse of the display on one of their macbook pros as they left... the only apps on the taskbar were the unofficial ChatGPT client, A custom Midjourney client, and a custom Stable Diffusion client. Or maybe they were just shortcuts to open safari now that I think about it. She didn't even have the file explorer man...

romanian automation

The act of creating the illusion that something is automated, only to cover the fact that there are actually real people behind the scenes making it work.
Have you seen that cool ecommerce shopping cart it has some awesome logic behind it.

Nah, probably just Romanian Automation.

Home Automation with Alexa

Home Automation with Alexa make your Smarter are not just concepts of the future; it is the new reality of now. We've seen a surge of home automation devices in the past couple of times. They all are aiming at making our life easy and trying to add the grandness to it.
Home Automation with Alexa make your Smarter are not just concepts of the future; it is the new reality of now. We've seen a surge of home automation devices in the past couple of times. They all are aiming at making our life easy and trying to add the grandness to it.
Starting with something as familiar as Alexa or Google Home devices, many urban homes have these days. To the recently launched Amazon plugs or Alexa Light Switch that make your standard device into a smart one, everything aims towards a smarter tomorrow.

Orbital Automation

The use of autonomous robots, AI, and self-replicating systems to perform industrial tasks in space without continuous human oversight. This is the extension of the factory floor to zero gravity, where robotic arms assemble satellites, AI-driven drones inspect and repair infrastructure, and automated tugboats manage orbital debris. The goal is to create a self-sustaining, scalable industrial presence in Earth orbit and beyond, turning the vacuum of space into a productive workshop run by machines that build, maintain, and even replicate themselves. It's the prerequisite for a post-scarcity space economy.
Orbital Automation *Example: A fully Orbital Automated factory could involve asteroid-mining drones feeding raw materials to 3D printers that manufacture solar power satellites, which are then positioned by autonomous space tugs—all coordinated by an AI overseer, with humans only on Earth monitoring the profit margins.*
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British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”

Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murderer used a serrated blade.
Boffin by Agnon February 11, 2023
Word of the Day on October 3, 2026

Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
Pee Calculus by anorlondo October 1, 2026
Word of the Day on October 2, 2026
Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
Word of the Day on October 1, 2026
korean word for madam, older woman
Ajumma wait a moment
Ajumma by aintnotinbutnice July 5, 2009
Word of the Day on September 30, 2026

Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026
Word of the Day on September 29, 2026
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