clanker
noun
a robot, chatbot, or AI app (often derogatory).
clankers
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pluralof clanker.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But an even bigger fight is at hand: whether these halts on buildouts will eventually lead to permanent bans, or whether elected officials are just kicking the clankers down the road.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
A Bavarian brass band clad in lederhosen oompahed California, Here I Come while lusty stein clankers wearing campaign hats and Johnson buttons roared out "Prosit!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Have done with all thought of the fellow and of his clankers concerning his birth.
From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester
