Meaning of robotty | Babel Free

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of a robot.

Examples

“Viewed from the side, you play⟳ a robotty chappy who has to fly⟳ left to right generally shooting anything that creeps menacingly into view⟳. […] Your large robotty person can turn⟳ to shoot⟳ these spots on the orifice of nastykind, but you must beware the nasties coming from both directions at once.”

“As well as a cast⟳ of thousands, Smash TV also throws some heavyweight hardware at it’s^([sic]) contestants in the shape⟳ of snipers, shrapnel-bombs, robotty-type monsters and end-of-level guardians.”

“What do most of your customers ask⟳ for, then? / Father Christmas looked sadly at his sack. “Computers,” he said. “Mobile phones. Robot animals. Plastic wizards. And other sorts of robotty things that look⟳ like⟳ American footballers who’ve been punched through a Volkswagen. Things that go beep and need⟳ batteries,” he added sourly. “Not the kind of things I used to bring⟳. It used to be dolls and train⟳ sets.””

“So in that sense⟳ (which is surely the most important sense⟳) an artificial consciousness would be ‘like⟳’ the consciousness which arises in biological organisms. It might not want⟳ the same things as us but it would want⟳ the robotty equivalent (metal polish? Damp-Start?) and the wanting bit would be like⟳ our wanting.”

“‘Who is she think⟳ she is?’ Mater D sneered. ‘Her robotty bossy guards, skewers-is-meez an’ limo cars.’”

“But sci-fi, good old spaceshippy, lasery, robotty distant planets and/or distant future capital S capital F – nobody seemed to want⟳ that any more.”

“‘HELLO DEAR,’ bleeped a familiar robotty voice, and I turned round to see⟳ MAVIS 3000 standing there with another robot granny.”

“They both looked up at me, Tanner waving Optimus at me in a robotty goodbye, Amanda watching me with eyes that swam with tears and hope⟳ and fear.”

“‘[…] I was having a massage by this robot, and it was dead good, and normally in spas you tip⟳ the staff so I thought maybe I should tip⟳ it, and there was a slot, and…’ / ‘You put⟳ your credit card in it?’ / ‘It had very powerful and firm robotty fingers!’”

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