cogsucker

English

Etymology

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

Noun

cogsucker (plural cogsuckers)

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

   Synonyms: clanker, rust monkey, tinskin, wireback

   • [2025 August 6, CT Jones, “How ‘Clanker’ Became the Internet’s New Favorite Slur”, in Rolling Stone‎, →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.]