🤖 A humanlike robot 😐 An unfeeling man 💻 A fake male account

manbot

9.0

An automated online account that pretends to be a man to influence people

noun
/ˈmænˌbɑt/

Jargon

: bot que se hace pasar por un hombre

He chatted for hours before realizing he was talking to a manbot and not a real person.

Examples

Many social media platforms struggle to detect when a manbot is spreading misinformation.
The company discovered a manbot pretending to be a real user in their online forum.
The manbot replied instantly to my message.
Many manbots are used in online marketing.
The company discovered a manbot pretending to be a real user in their online forum.
Many social media platforms struggle to detect when a manbot is spreading misinformation.
He chatted for hours before realizing he was talking to a manbot and not a real person.

Synonyms

bot

vsmanbot

Texting

79 3.9

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

is focused on appearing as a male account aimed at impersonation or influence

chat bot

vsmanbot

Texting

3.9

A program on a computer or phone that talks with people online

is designed to pose as a male persona to influence or impersonate people online

How Human

sockpuppet

Jargon

3 9.6

manbot

Jargon

9.0

chatbot

Texting

1 3.5

bot

Texting

79 3.9

Surface Forms

manbot singular

manbots plural

Morphology

manbot = man + bot (transparent) = man + bot

Clearly combines 'man' + 'bot' to denote an automated account or chatbot presented as a man, which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Manbot mixes man and bot, and the bot part is short for robot and now often means an 'automated account' online. So a manbot on social media is a 'bot' that tries to act like a man and pretend to be a real person.