carbrain

English

Alternative forms

• car brain

Pronunciation

• enPR: kärbrān, IPA^(key): /kɑɹbɹeɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

carbrain (countable and uncountable, plural carbrains)

1. (countable, science fiction) The thinking part of a sentient car.
   • 1992, James Patrick Kelly, “Pogrom”, in Gardner Dozois, editor, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection, page 429:

     The carbrain honked and started the engine when the clock reached 00:30.

   • 2006, Science-fiction Studies - Volume 33, Issues 1-3, page 281:

     If the carbrain goes off track (or even off-line), the result is a freeway pile-up.

   • 2009, Sheldon G Brown, Scalable City, page 41:

     What would your carbrain say if it could talk? Would it say Jump In? Would it say Get out and walk?

2. (uncountable) Alternative form of car brain (“a supposed condition suffered by someone who believes in the superiority of cars as a means of transport, at the expense of bicycles and public transit.”)