autodarwinate

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ Darwin +‎ -ate, in reference to Darwin's idea of "survival of the fittest". Compare Darwin Award.

Verb

autodarwinate (third-person singular simple present autodarwinates, present participle autodarwinating, simple past and past participle autodarwinated)

(computing, intransitive, slang) To kill oneself in a foolish manner.
- 2004, Charles Stross, The Atrocity Archives:
  […] so how did your pet luser autodarwinate?

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