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Obamabot

Obamabot

9.9
An automatic online account that posts messages supporting Barack Obama
  • noun
  • /oʊˈbɑːməˌbɑt/
  • Jargon
translation icon : bot pro-Obama
  • Today's Obamabot.

Examples

  • The Obamabot continuously shares articles praising Obama's policies on social media.

  • Frankly, I found this Obamabot irritating.

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  • It's still quite astonishing to me how the Obamabot astroturfers manage to each take one story per day and hammer on it in the comments.

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  • Many users became frustrated with the Obamabot for flooding their feeds with political content.

  • During the campaign, an Obamabot emerged that automated responses to critics of Obama.

Synonyms

bot
vsObamabot
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79 3.9

A program that works on the internet and answers people or does tasks without human help

is a specific program that posts or promotes messages supporting one political figure

How Influential

psyop
  • Jargon
1 9.9
Obamabot
  • Jargon
9.9
sockpuppet
  • Jargon
3 9.6
post
  • Texting
3.3

Surface Forms

Obamabot singular
Obamabots plural

Morphology

Obamabot = Obama + bot (transparent) = Obama + bot

Refers to an automated account/program (bot) associated with or promoting Obama; the composition is direct and literal for learners familiar with 'bot'.

Etymology

Obamabot comes from Obama and bot (short for robot), and on the internet bot often means an 'automatic' program. So an Obamabot is an automated account or program that posts or shares messages for Obama.