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droid

(chiefly, US, derogatory) A person having the qualities of an android; one with few or no emotions or little personality, or who acts in an unthinking manner; a robot.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(chiefly, US, derogatory) A person having the qualities of an android; one with few or no emotions or little personality, or who acts in an unthinking manner; a robot.

“These aren’t the ’droids you’re looking for,” [[w:Obi-Wan Kenobi
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(originally, and, chiefly, science fiction) A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android).

It's crazy. They're swarming all over Carron City. They're stopping robots in the streets—household Robs, commercial Droids, all of them. They just look at them, and then the others quit work and start off with them.
Origin: [[File:SWCA - From Droid Builder's Club Room (17016713599).jpg|thumb|A simulated droid (sense 1) at the Star Wars Celebration event in Anaheim, California, April 2015.]] , (born 1926) in the story “Robots of the World! Arise!” (1952), and popularized by the film Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, 1977): see the quotations. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “It would make F-Droid and similar opensource projects difficult or impossible to operate. PPEU frames the issue as a Digital Markets Act problem. (8/18)”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Droid Life より Google Home Updated With Gemini 3.1, App Gets Big Improvements Google Home がGemini 3.1 で更新され、アプリは大きな改善を得ます”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Droid Life より RCS Encryption Ready to Rollout Between iPhones and Android in New Update RCS暗号化は、新しいアップデートでiPhoneとAndroidの間で展開する準備ができています”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Lego Vulture Droid :3 #lego #legomoc #starwars”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Droid empowerment is my mission!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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