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autodarwinate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
au-to-dar-winate
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To kill oneself in a foolish manner.

Intransitive verb; Slang

Example Sentences

  • "[…] so how did your pet luser autodarwinate?"

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

autodarwinates (present, singular) autodarwinating (participle, present) autodarwinated (participle, past) autodarwinated (past)

Questions

What does autodarwinate mean?
To kill oneself in a foolish manner.
Where does autodarwinate come from?
From auto- + Darwin + -ate, in reference to Darwin's idea of "survival of the fittest". Compare Darwin Award.

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