cogsucker

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, cog +‎ sucker. Likely inspired by cocksucker.

Noun

cogsucker (plural cogsuckers)

  1. (Internet slang, derogatory, humorous) A person who is solely dependent on a robot or artificial intelligence to make trivial decisions.
    Synonyms: clanker, rust monkey, tinskin, wireback
    • [2025 August 6, CT Jones, “How ‘Clanker’ Became the Internet’s New Favorite Slur”, in Rolling Stone‎[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, retrieved 19 October 2025:
      Clanker. Wireback. Cogsucker. People are feeling the inescapable inevitability of AI developments, the encroaching of the digital into everything from entertainment to work. And their answer? Slurs.]
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