fembot en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈfɛmbɒt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈfɛmbɑt/ (General-American)
Etymology
Blend of female + -bot. Coined by screenwriters Arthur Rowe and Oliver Crawford in the television series The Bionic Woman (1976–1978), specifically in "Kill Oscar" (season 2, episode 5) first broadcast on October 27, 1976.
Meanings
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A robot in female or feminine form.
The body of Eve 8, the fembot, represents both steely industrial strength and the mysteries of microelectronic circuitry.
2003, Jyanni Steffensen, “Doing It Digitally: Rosalind Brodsky and the Art of Virtual Female Subjectivity”, in Reload: Rethinking Women + Cyberculture, The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 218:Yes, the girl is valuable. But, my fembots can do anything she can.
1976 October 27, Arthur Rowe, Oliver Crawford, Kill Oscar (The Bionic Woman), season 2, episode 5, spoken by Dr. Franklin (John Houseman):Jawohl, Herr Doktor. I have created the ultimate weapon to defeat Austin Powers. Send in the fembots!
1997, Mike Myers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, spoken by Frau Farbissina (Mindy Sterling):
- (specifically) A robot in female or feminine form. ▸ A female sexbot.
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(derogatory) A docile, unthinking and conformist woman.
Too many people, forgetting the discipline of love and rage, have read the "Manifesto" as the ramblings of a blissed-out, technobunny, fembot.
2003, Donna Haraway, The Haraway Reader, Routledge, →ISBN, page 3:[...] patriarchal socialization works to sap, stunt and tame this energy, leaving successfully adapted women as little more than 'fembots' or 'feminized artifacts' who have become the products and commodities of patriarchal 'necrophilic' sexual fantasy.
1996, Melissa Raphael, Thealogy and Embodiment: The Post-Patriarchal Reconstruction of Female Sacrality, Sheffield Academic Press, →ISBN, page 61:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fembots | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
gynoid · robotess · Stepford · robotess · gynoid
Translations (5)
fr robote (robot in female form) · fi gynoidi (robot in female form) · eo robotino (robot in female form) · fr gynoïde (robot in female form) · mr फेमबॉट (robot in female form)