robophobia

robophobia
Fear and revulsion of robots, caused by their humanoid appearance but lack of body language and organic subtleties, thus causing the sufferer to believe that she is surrounded by walking, talking dead people.

Don't take that thing near Bob. He suffers from robophobia.


Dictionary of american slang with examples. .

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • robophobia — Fear and revulsion of robots, caused by their humanoid appearance but lack of body language and organic subtleties, thus causing the sufferer to believe that she is surrounded by walking, talking dead people. Don t take that thing near Bob. He… …   Dictionary of american slang

  • Grimwade's\ Syndrome — Robophobia (q.v.), from Doctor Who story The Robots Of Death. Yikes! This guy s got Grimwade s Syndrome all right …   Dictionary of american slang

  • Grimwade's\ Syndrome — Robophobia (q.v.), from Doctor Who story The Robots Of Death. Yikes! This guy s got Grimwade s Syndrome all right …   Dictionary of american slang

  • Richard Evans (British author) — Infobox Writer name = Richard Evans imagesize = 200px caption = pseudonym = birthdate = 1964 birthplace = Manchester, UK deathdate = deathplace = occupation = nationality = British period = genre = future noir, science fiction subject = movement …   Wikipedia

  • Android — An android is a robot designed to resemble a human, usually both in appearance and behavior. The word derives from ανδρός, the genitive of the Greek ανήρ anēr , meaning man , and the suffix eides , used to mean of the species; alike (from eidos,… …   Wikipedia

  • -phobia — The English suffixes phobia, phobic, phobe ( of Greek origin: φόβος/φοβία ) occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g., agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe… …   Wikipedia

  • The Robots of Death — ] [cite web url= http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/4r.html title= The Robots of Death publisher = A Brief History of Time Travel last = Sullivan first = Shannon date = 2007 08 07 accessdate = 2008 08 30] * Early titles for the script… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish — This is a list of audio plays based on the long running British science fiction television series Doctor Who produced by Big Finish Productions.[1] The first fifteen audio plays were released in both audio tape and CD format, and subsequent… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Doctor Who robots — The long running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has featured many robots. The Daleks and Cybermen are not listed as they are cyborgs, and therefore not true robots. Contents: Top · 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q… …   Wikipedia

  • Dust Breeding — Big Finish Productions audio play Dust Breeding Series Doctor Who …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”