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I've been wondering where this word comes from. The only other occurrence I know of is the ImageMagick command of the same name. It doesn't seem to be a real English word. What does it evoke to a native English speaker? (ESL here)

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It's short for transmogrify: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transmogrify

Calvin & Hobbes may have played a part in popularizing the term? http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Transmogrifier

From transmogrify, presumably. And despite probably being most commonly associated with Calvin and Hobbes transmogrifier these days, that _is_ a real English word with a few hundreds years worth of use.

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