Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

instamatic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: in-sta-mat-ic
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of inexpensive point-and-shoot camera.

Example Sentences

"I wanna be Instamatic / I wanna be a frozen pea / I wanna be dehydrated / In a consumer society"

Etymology

Trade name of the 1960s, from insta- + automatic.

Inflected Forms

Instamatics (plural)

Questions

What does instamatic mean?: A kind of inexpensive point-and-shoot camera.
Where does instamatic come from?: Trade name of the 1960s, from insta- + automatic.

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