Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wireback

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wire-back
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A robot or artificial intelligence.

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"I don't support giving rights to tinskin wireback clankers!"
"Clanker. Wireback. Cogsucker. People are feeling the inescapable inevitability of AI developments, the encroaching of the digital into everything from entertainment to work. And their answer? Slurs."

Etymology

By surface analysis, wire + back, in reference to protruding wires on the backs of some real and fictional robots. Adapted from wetback.

Usage

Inflected Forms

wirebacks (plural)

Synonyms

clanker cogsucker rust monkey tinskin

Questions

What does wireback mean?: A robot or artificial intelligence.
Where does wireback come from?: By surface analysis, wire + back, in reference to protruding wires on the backs of some real and fictional robots. Adapted from wetback.

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