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fleshling

9.9

A person called jokingly to show they are not a robot

noun
/ˈflɛʃlɪŋ/

Slang

: humano

In the movie, the robots called all people fleshlings to highlight their differences.

Examples

He joked that as a fleshling, he could never keep up with the new technology.
Look at that fleshling trying to figure out the robot!
The alien looked at the fleshling with curiosity, having never seen a human before.
The fleshling was amazed by the advanced technology.
The alien looked at the fleshling with curiosity, having never seen a human before.
In the movie, the robots called all people fleshlings to highlight their differences.
He joked that as a fleshling, he could never keep up with the new technology.

Synonyms

fleshbag

vsfleshling

Offensive

1 9.9

An insulting word for a person who is seen only as a body

is slang and playful, contrasting machines rather than mainly insulting people

human bean

vsfleshling

Baby Talk

9.5

A playful name adults use for children

is slang used to stress human versus machine not a childlike pun

Antonyms

robot

454 2.6

A machine that people can program to do jobs automatically

machine

Informal

206 7.2

A person who works very quickly and without stopping

Surface Forms

fleshling singular

fleshlings plural

Morphology

fleshling = flesh (transparent) = flesh + ling

Derived by adding '-ling' to 'flesh' to produce a colloquial term contrasting biological humans with machines, which is a straightforward figurative extension.

Etymology

Fleshling is built from flesh 'human body' and the ending -ling 'small one', used as a playful or slang name for a person. That's why calling someone a fleshling highlights that they are a human made of flesh, not a machine.