Meaning

4 senses
  1. Something that makes a clanking noise.

  2. (Internet, derogatory, humorous)A robot or artificial intelligence.

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

  3. (Internet, broadly)A person who uses automated technology or generative AI.

    Education is getting overtaken by clankers.

    Clanker

    жестя́нкаžestjánka

  4. (slang)A fib.

    Stop telling clankers!

Examples

3 sentences
  1. I just realized I'm talking to a clanker.

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  2. I don't think Tom's real. I think he's a clanker.

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  3. The derogatory term "toaster" for an AI chatbot comes from Battlestar Galactica, while the term "clanker" comes from Star Wars.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
slur for robots:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
slur for robots:

Origin

From clank + -er, onomatopoeic.

From clank + -er, onomatopoeic.

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