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.
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.
by Biohertz January 31, 2003
adv. Something that happens automatically, but that also has some mysterious, "magical" element to it. "Smart" appliances, features, etc. that do intelligent things with less help than you might expect.
by The Grammar Nazi January 13, 2002
by flyingrunion May 26, 2018
by Jpaschen September 15, 2010
by native gardener May 28, 2010
to perceive something has happening all on its own, as if by magic; a way to describe something that is both automatic and magical
by bossopolis March 14, 2011
Extremely annoying word computer nerds use to describe things software does by itself and with no exception would be far better replaced with the word 'automatically'.
by Jonny Random December 9, 2007