Instamatic

[in-stuh-mat-ik]

Trademark.

a brand name for a pocket-size, fixed-focus, snapshot camera.

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The Instamatic flashes etched cruel skeletal shadows on his sagging face.
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis
Richard Ben Cramer
January 11, 2014

Word Origin and History for instamatic

Instamatic

1962, proprietary name (reg. Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y.) for a type of self-loading camera, from instant + automatic.

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