macro

adj

Etymology: From macro-, from French, from Latin, ulimately from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).

1. Very large in scale or scope.

   “Crumb's sexual fixation on gigantic women's legs became a major feature of his most celebrated images. Despite the common themes among macrophiles, Ed Lundt believes that no two macro fantasies are quite alike […]”

   “But simply turning off iCloud backups was an incomplete solution. The macro problem, I wrote in my column last year, is that people have sacrificed ownership and control of their data.”

2. Clipping of macrobiotic.

   “While there are many aspects to this way of living, the actual “diet” focuses on whole foods, consumed in traditional methods. A typical macro bowl includes grains, beans, steamed veggies, sea vegetables, and fermented foods.”

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Clipping of macroinstruction. First attested in 1959.

1. A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program.

   “The preprocessor expands any embedded macros into source code before it is compiled.”

   “There's also a spam filter in the code now, so if someone attempts to flood people's screens with macros or a bot, everything after the first few lines is thrown away.”

verb

Etymology: Clipping of macroinstruction. First attested in 1959.

1. To use a macro.

   “After i got ressirected^([sic]) the stat loss hit me hard, i macroed for a few days, sparred with some friends, and my skills were soon back up.”

   “Do this poison thing gradually increasing potency until you hit about 78 then macro on a ghost to GM”

2. To use a macro on (something).

   “He said he macroed anatomy from 0 to about 80 and his healing went from the 52 he started with to 58.2.”

   “For that matter, you can do something by killing the character being macroed. :) It IS Darktide after all.”