[Ads-l] clanker

[Nancy Friedman]

Jesse Sheidlower has antedated the robotic sense of “clanker” to 1958. See
my post: https://open.substack.com/pub/fritinancy/p/word-of-the-week-clanker

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On Sat, Oct 4, 2025, 7:59 AM Jonathan Lighter <
00001aad181a2549-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> Allegedly the latest:
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> https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/article/whats-a-clanker-we-asked-kids-about-the-new-slang-young-people-are-using-194145937.html
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