clanker

noun

1. Something that makes a clanking noise.

   “Hurt him, hang him, Scrape-trencher, Stare-wearer, Wine-ſpiller, Mettle-clanker, Rogue by generation : Why dost heare Will?”

   “Poor boys have got to study hard. Then they’ll get rich too—they’ll be doctors, and officers, and officials. I want to be a clanker—with a sword at my side and spurs on my boots—clank, clank!”

   “The robots, designed by Kenjiro Okazaki, are cardboard tubes rather than the usual metal clankers.”

2. (Internet, derogatory, humorous)A robot or artificial intelligence.

   “I got laid off 'cause they got them goddamn clankers taking our jobs.”

   “Lousy clanker.”

   “Okay clankers, suck lasers!”

   “Already can't stand these fucking clankers”

   “Could i call a robot a clanker one day or would i have to stop when they gain conciousness^([sic]) like in Detroit become human”

3. (Internet, broadly)A person who uses automated technology or generative AI.

   “Education is getting overtaken by clankers.”

4. (slang)A fib.

   “Stop telling clankers!”

   “Have done with all thought of the fellow and of his clankers concerning his birth.”

   “"What a clanker!" Drusilla protested. "You're hardly setting us a good example, Pa!"”

   “His lips quirked. "It's more likely you'll wish to spend the evening debating whether these clankers his lordship is telling us are true, and how they originated."”