sexbot

English

Etymology

sex +‎ -bot

Noun

sexbot (plural sexbots)

1. (science fiction) A robot designed to have sexual intercourse with humans.
   • 2000, Richard Rhodes, Visions of technology:

     Jealous wives may destroy sexbot rivals and sue the manufacturer.

   • 2000, Joseph N Pelton, e-Sphere: the rise of the world-wide mind:

     Another way that virtual entertainment might go is in the direction of the so-called sexbot. This would be a robotic device with artificial skin […]

   • 2002, Jason Sullivan, The Dark Yergall:

     Having a sexbot had turned out to be more than Nosir had anticipated.

   • 2006, David N L Levy, Robots unlimited: life in a virtual age:

     Given that people become addicted to all sorts of pleasures from slot machines to e-mail, sexbot addiction might be inevitable […]

2. (modern) A lifelike love doll integrated with robotics to simulate human body movements and intelligence.

Synonyms

• Thesaurus:sexbot

Hyponyms

• malebot
• fembot

Anagrams

• box set, boxset