Meaning of fleshbag | Babel Free

Definitions

A human or human body, as opposed to a robot or incorporeal being.

derogatory, usually

Examples

“I've died numerous times before (in this life time alone) and trembled at nothing. In fact, I was overjoyed to be able to leave⟳ this fleshbag I call⟳ home.”

“"We're interested in getting this robot out into this world," says Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert in the video, as part of MIT's FAB 11 conference. He seems calm and blithely unafraid, ignoring the fact that his creation is moving through the trees with an ease of motion that would make⟳ Gort weep⟳. "We're working on a version that doesn't have⟳ that [power tether]," Raibert says of Atlas, which is code for "Run⟳, you helpless fleshbag fools. RUN⟳!"”

“Human civilization is not immortal, you know⟳. Even if we manage⟳ to avoid⟳ the death trap⟳ that is this Earth, and even *IF* we manage⟳ to free ourselves from these weak fleshbag bodies so that we may exist⟳ in enviroments^([sic]) that are uninhabitable to biological lifeforms, we would still be limited by the lifetime of our universe.”

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