Meanings
nounInstamatic (plural Instamatics)
plural Instamatics
- A kind of inexpensive point-and-shoot camera.
I wanna be Instamatic / I wanna be a frozen pea / I wanna be dehydrated / In a consumer society
1978, Poly Styrene, “Art-I-Ficial”, in Germ Free Adolescents, performed by X-Ray Spex
Origin
Trade name of the 1960s, from insta- + automatic.
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Instamatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Instamatic
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Instamatic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Instamatic.
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