-inator

A person or thing that does (something).

Suffix

  1. A person or thing that does (something).
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:-inator.

Origin

A popular term used notably by Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, a character from the 2007 American animated television series Phineas and Ferb; however, usage dates to at least the early 2000s, e.g., kupkake-inator in the 2003 film The Cat in the Hat. Modelled after Latinate agent nouns such as terminator. See -ator.