Etymograph

English

karma farm

From karma + farm (systematically manipulating others into giving a particular response).

A compound of karma + farm

Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- ‘to do, make’

Sanskrit कृ ‘to do’

Sanskrit कर्मन् ‘an act, action, performance, business’

English karma

Medieval Latin ferma

Anglo-Norman ferme ‘rent, lease, farm’

Middle English ferme ‘rent, revenue’

English farm

Today it means

verb To attempt to increase an account's Reddit karma as quickly as possible, in order to increase its apparent legitimacy from the perspective of other users.

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