annoybot

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noun

A bot within an IRC channel that sends annoying messages to online participants.

OriginEnglish bot ← Czech robot ← Old Czech robota →
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Meanings

nounannoybot (plural annoybots)

plural annoybots

  1. slangcomputingA bot within an IRC channel that sends annoying messages to online participants.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  6. Proto-Italic*odjom
  7. Latinodium
  8. Late Latininodiāre
  9. Old Frenchenoiier
  10. Middle Englishanoyen
  11. Englishannoy
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₃erbʰ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₃órbʰos
  14. Proto-Balto-Slavic*árbas
  15. Proto-Slavic*orbъ
  16. Proto-Slavic*orbiti
  17. Proto-Slavic*orbota
  18. Old Czechrobota
  19. Czechrobota
  20. Czechrobot
  21. Englishrobotclip.
  22. Englishbot
  23. Englishannoybot

From annoy + -bot.

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APA

annoybot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annoybot

MLA

“annoybot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annoybot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “annoybot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annoybot.

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