Meanings
nounbotsitting (uncountable)
- InternetuncountableThe temporary monitoring, managing, or caretaking of software bots on behalf of their owners or operators.
Workers spend more time botsitting than prompting AI in the first place
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Botsitting rarely resembles the popular image of someone watching a chatbot respond"
Origin
Blend of bot + babysitting.
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botsitting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botsitting
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“botsitting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botsitting. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “botsitting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botsitting.
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