macros

[mak-roh]

mac·ro

[mak-roh] adjective, noun, plural mac·ros.
adjective
1.
very large in scale, scope, or capability.
2.
of or pertaining to macroeconomics.
noun
3.
anything very large in scale, scope, or capability.
4.
Photography. a macro lens.
5.
Also called macroinstruction. Computers. an instruction that represents a sequence of instructions in abbreviated form.

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Macros is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
independent use of macro-, taken as an adjective, or by shortening of words with macro- as initial element
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