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pornbot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From porn + -bot.

Meanings

  1. (Internet) An automated account on a social-media platform that spams users with advertisements for pornographic content or sexual services.
    • I probably identify 50 new followers as pornbots every week. Twitter gives you two options for dealing with this kind of annoyance. You can “Block @name” or “Report @name for spam.” 2013, Shelly Palmer, Digital Wisdom: Thought Leadership for a Connected World, page 32:
    • As I learned, they [furries] are protective about their communities, as well they should be. Otherwise these worlds would be overrun with trolls and pornbots and idiots whose sole purpose is to cause trouble. 2005, Regina Lynn, The Sexual Revolution 2.0, page 125:
    • Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, which is the new owner of MySpace, could go bankrupt (wishful thinking), or, more likely, could allow the site to be overrun with ads, spam, or pornbots posing as humans. 2009, David Mathison, Be the Media: How to Create and Accelerate Your Message...Your Way, page 104:
  2. (derogatory, slang, sometimes) A robot or artificial intelligence designed to have (simulated) sex with humans.
    • Of course pornbots had been going strong for years and I'd been on a few business trips where progressive hotels had begun listing robotic “services” as part of their adult offerings. 2016, John C. Havens, Heartificial Intelligence: Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines, page 4:
    • On the campaign's website, the campaigners declare that their number 1 goal is to “abolish pornbots in the form of women and girls.” 2023, Sven Nyholm, This Is Technology Ethics: An Introduction, page 26:
    • “Pornbots” are the sexual Barbies of the future – virtual reality prostitutes run by artificial intelligence (not that they will need much intelligence). 2011, Dave Monroe, Porn - Philosophy for Everyone How to Think With Kink, page 207:

Forms

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Synonyms

sexdroid · fuckbot · pornbot · lovebot · pleasurebot · sexbot

Translations (1)

ru порнобо́т (automated account for spamming pornography)