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Clanker (n.) is a derogatory slang term for robots and artificial intelligence, borrowed from the droid insult in Star Wars.
Clanker (n.) is job anxiety with a science-fiction accent.
Clanker (n.) is yelling at the toaster, except now the toaster writes your emails.
Clanker (n.) is a playground word for a boardroom decision: the robot didn't take your job, someone gave it away.
Clanker (n.) is what you mutter after shouting "representative" into the phone and getting another cheerful machine.
Clanker (n.) is an insult that grants the machine exactly the personhood it claims to deny.
Clanker (n.) is a slur with no victim, borrowing all its swagger from slurs that had plenty.