-atroid
A general-purpose ending for a word, which generally takes a noun or adjective and turns it into a noun denoting an object or process with that noun or adjective as a major distinguishing characteristic.
This ending is often elided to -troid or -oid, and is occasionally confused with the similar ending -atron.
Examples
- Shall we head for the domeatroid over there?
- Did you get any photos on your digitroid?
- When eating a Müller crunch corner, I like to consume the yoghurt and the circuloids separately.