defines something that happens automatically but you can't quite explain how it happens or the explanation is too complex.
Also, can be used as "automagically".
Also, can be used as "automagically".
by inspire_d March 3, 2004
1. adj, a task/activity that is so complex or so boring/uncomfortable that one doesn't feel like explaining it or bothering to look up how it works.
2. when something just happens
2. when something just happens
by JonTron October 21, 2008
A common slang word for "automatic". Often used in webblogs and other forms of internet communication.
by Logan April 8, 2005
by Dan December 19, 2003
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
A mix of automatically and magically
by General Serb Nationalist May 8, 2023
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