autodarwinate
English
editEtymology
editFrom auto- + Darwin + -ate, in reference to Darwin's idea of "survival of the fittest". Compare Darwin Award.
Verb
editautodarwinate (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?
References
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