Talk:robo-

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There is no such prefix listed in any dictionary that I can find. The supposed examples given would be Robo- anyway as they are both proper nouns. SemperBlotto 12:57, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

+ Thanks for researching it, and sorry for adding cruft. I have now tagged it for speedy deletion, as I don't think it will be controversial. --Hroðulf 13:48, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, as a combining form, per the def it should be used in words where it means "robotic something" or "robot something". A quick look on Google books gets hits for roboarm [1], robohead [2], robopet [3], robocat [4], robocar [5], robolawyer [6], robofish [7], and robochef [8]. Not all of these would meet CFI on their own, but the combining form, sure. I'm not sure of how we attest combining forms, though; do we cite examples where it is used to form a word? --Jeffqyzt 13:47, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

+ Interesting. I withdrew the speedy delete proposal, as it seems to be more common than I thought. --Hroðulf 14:07, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Don't forget robosaurus, robocide, and roboverse! Plus a few actual uses of robo- with the hyphen - Robo-roach could betray real cockroaches; Military robo-surgeon prepares for battle, Wired News: What's the Play, Robo-Coach?; and from a Time Magazine article, "No, it's not a pet you take to the beach. Robo-Lobster, a 7-lb., 2-ft.-long crustacean made of industrial-strength plastic, has a bigger job to do: detecting and destroying mines buried in the surf zone." [9]. I'd say it's pretty well attested that putting robo- ahead of something is understood to convey the meaning that the something is in the form of a mechanical automaton. bd2412 T 14:12, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

OK, I give in. I have cleaned it up and added a few more (but not all the ones in Urban Dictionary). SemperBlotto 15:50, 2 October 2006 (UTC)