English
fauxtomation
Blend of faux + automation, coined by Astra Taylor.
A blend of faux + automation
Latin fallō ‘to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude,…’
Latin falsus ‘deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed,…’
Old French fals ‘false’
Middle French faulx
French faux
English faux
The story
Blend of faux + automation, coined by Astra Taylor.
Today it means
noun Processes or products that are not fully automated, but are marketed or sold as such.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fauxtomation