autodarwinate

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verb

To kill oneself in a foolish manner.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

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

present singular third person autodarwinates · participle present autodarwinating · participle past autodarwinated · past autodarwinated

  1. intransitiveslangcomputingTo kill oneself in a foolish manner.

    […] so how did your pet luser autodarwinate?

    2004, Charles Stross, The Atrocity Archives

Origin

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

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APA

autodarwinate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autodarwinate

MLA

“autodarwinate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autodarwinate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autodarwinate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autodarwinate.

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