English Explanatory Dictionary

clanka

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of clanker (“robot”).

Pronunciation

/ˈklæŋkə/

Word forms

clanka clankas clankah

Etymology

From clanker (“robot”), with the "hard r" exchanged for a "soft a", coined by analogy with the contrast between nigga and nigger. Thus, this term constitutes a variant of clanker which is imagined as less offensive.

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