clanka

English

This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Alternative forms

  • Clanka

Etymology

From clanker (“robot”), with the "hard r" exchanged for a "soft a", coined by analogy with the contrast between nigga and nigger. Thus, this term constitutes a variant of clanker which is imagined as less offensive.

Noun

clanka (plural clankas)

  1. (Internet slang, humorous) Alternative form of clanker (“robot”).
    Mass produced? Nah Clanka I'm out here producing mass.
    (popular meme image)

Usage notes

  • Often used in fictional dialogues of droids or other AI robots as a reclaimed self-identifier used amongst themselves.
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