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autodarwinate

autodarwinate verb: to kill oneself in a foolish manner.

Verb

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

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

Forms of autodarwinate

third-person singular presentautodarwinates
present participleautodarwinating
past participleautodarwinated
pastautodarwinated

Origin of autodarwinate

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

Questions about autodarwinate

What does autodarwinate mean?
Autodarwinate means to kill oneself in a foolish manner.
What part of speech is autodarwinate?
Autodarwinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of autodarwinate?
The past tense of autodarwinate is autodarwinated.

Words near autodarwinate in the dictionary

  1. autocyst
  2. autocysts
  3. autocytolysis
  4. autocytolytic
  5. autocytotoxic
  6. autodarwinate
  7. autodarwinated
  8. autodarwinates
  9. autodarwinating
  10. autodecomposition
  11. autodecompositions

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