Etymology

cancelbot

can·cel·bot
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Today it means: A bot that sends messages to newsgroups to remove certain postings, especially spam. Full definition →

English bot ← Czech robot ← Old Czech robota
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The story

  1. Englishcancel
  2. Old Czechrobota
  3. Czechrobota
  4. Czechrobot
  5. Englishrobotclip.
  6. Englishbot
  7. English todaycancelbot

From cancel + -bot.

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