Meaning of clanker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something that makes a clanking noise.
2. A robot or artificial intelligence.
   Internet, derogatory, humorous
3. A person who uses automated technology or generative AI.
   Internet, broadly
4. A fib.
   slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Hurt him, hang him, Scrape-trencher, Stare-wearer, Wine-ſpiller, Mettle-clanker, Rogue by generation : Why dost heare Will?”

“Poor boys have got to study hard. Then they’ll get rich too—they’ll be doctors, and officers, and officials. I want to be a clanker—with a sword at my side and spurs on my boots—clank, clank!”

“The robots, designed by Kenjiro Okazaki, are cardboard tubes rather than the usual metal clankers.”

“I got laid off 'cause they got them goddamn clankers taking our jobs.”

“Lousy clanker.”

“Okay clankers, suck lasers!”

“Already can't stand these fucking clankers”

“Could i call a robot a clanker one day or would i have to stop when they gain conciousness^([sic]) like in Detroit become human”

“The most popular genre of clanker content are videos of people acting out a future, usually a few decades away, where A.I.-powered robots are so ubiquitous that they become their own kind of second-class citizen. In this future, there is “cross platform” marriage between clankers and humans, humans-only drinking fountains and even more animosity toward robots than today.”

“Education is getting overtaken by clankers.”

“Stop telling clankers!”

“Have done with all thought of the fellow and of his clankers concerning his birth.”

“"What a clanker!" Drusilla protested. "You're hardly setting us a good example, Pa!"”

“His lips quirked. "It's more likely you'll wish to spend the evening debating whether these clankers his lordship is telling us are true, and how they originated."”

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