spokesdroid
English edit
Etymology edit
By analogy to spokesman, spokeswoman, spokesperson, etc., with droid.
Noun edit
spokesdroid (plural spokesdroids)
- A robot spokesman.
- 1990, Jack Barth, American Quest, page 61:
- New Coke bombed out (just like its spokesdroid, Max Headroom), old Coke was remarketed as Coke Classic, and the overall market share of the two combined — with Classic at Number 1 and New Coke at Number 10 — wound up greater than in the first place.
- 2004, Charles Stross, Toast, page 135:
- I must confess that I was half-asleep by the time the robot philosopher denounced us as non-sapient automata, sparing only half my left eye to speed-read Minsky's Society of Mind for clues; in any event, I woke up in time for the next talk, a panel discussion. Someone had rounded up an original stalwart of the Free Software Foundation to talk about the rise and demise of Microsoft. There was, of course, a Microsoft spokesdroid present to defend the company's historic record.
- 2009, Wesley Treat, Heather Shades, Rob Riggs, Weird Texas, page 196:
- Visitors to the museum are greeted by R.A.D., the Robot Against Drugs, who was once the Border Patrol's spokesdroid educating children on the dangers of drug abuse.