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fembot

fembot

3 8.8
A robot made to look and act like a woman
  • noun
  • /ˈfɛmˌbɒt/
: androide femenino
  • The fembot performed flawlessly during the demonstration, impressing everyone with her human-like movements.

Examples

  • Bring in the fembots!

  • Austin is now stripped down to his Union Jack bikini briefs and turns to another Fembot.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Where'd you get a government fembot?

  • Whenever I encounter a fembot going off on the "End of Men" attitude, I usually inform her that, no, the future is not female.

    Blog text (5)
  • Another FEMBOT cartwheels up to Austin.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Nozzles pop out of the tips of the Fembot's bra.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • - Judging by the ridiculous sums you spend on surplus fembots, I guess the police have good reason to be tracking you.

  • - Arthur, where the hell are the personality circuits on these G-2 fembots?

  • According to the Internal Schematics Manual of the G-2 class government service fembot, all personal characteristic circuits are located in her.

  • Fembots need to realize that not every discrepancy between the genders is due to discrimination.

    Blog text (31)

Surface Forms

fembot singular
fembots plural

Morphology

fembot = fem + bot (semi-transparent) = fem + bot

The components 'fem' and 'bot' are clear, but the specific cultural meaning of a robot designed to look and act like a woman is not immediately obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Fembot joins fem- ('female') and bot ('robot'), so it means a robot made to look and act like a woman.