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preprogram (v.)
transitive verb; To program in advance; preset.
v.; To program something in advance
v.; To predispose to certain thoughts or behaviours.

program (n.)
1630s, 'public notice,' from Late Latin programma 'proclamation, edict,' from Greek programma 'a written public notice,'
General sense of 'a definite plan or scheme' is recorded from 1837. Meaning 'list of pieces at a concert, playbill'. Program music attested from 1877.

program (v.)
1889, 'write program notes;' 1896, 'arrange according to program,' from program (n.). Of computers from 1945. From 1963 in the figurative sense of 'to train to behave in a predetermined way.'

bang (n.)
1540s, 'heavy, resounding blow;' see bang (v.). Meaning 'loud, sudden explosive noise'

juxtaposition (n.)
1660s, from French juxtaposition (17c.), from Latin iuxta 'beside, very near, close to, near at hand' + French position.

position (n.)
late 14c., posicioun, as a term in logic and philosophy, 'statement of belief, the laying down of a proposition or thesis'

This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper
~ T.S. Eliot

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