fleshbag

English

Etymology

From flesh +‎ bag.

Noun

fleshbag (plural fleshbags)

1. (usually science fiction) A human or human body, as opposed to a robot or incorporeal being.
   • 1999 October 4, Aazari Cantharess, “Across The Menai”, in alt.pagan‎^[1] (Usenet):

     I've died numerous times before (in this life time alone) and trembled at nothing. In fact, I was overjoyed to be able to leave this fleshbag I call home.

   • 2015 August 17, BTR1701, “The Terminators Are Almost Here...”, in rec.arts.tv‎^[2] (Usenet):

     "We're interested in getting this robot out into this world," says Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert in the video, as part of MIT's FAB 11 conference. He seems calm and blithely unafraid, ignoring the fact that his creation is moving through the trees with an ease of motion that would make Gort weep. "We're working on a version that doesn't have that [power tether]," Raibert says of Atlas, which is code for "Run, you helpless fleshbag fools. RUN!"

   • 2017 July 2, rantingri...@gmail.com, “Re: The Collapse Of Complex Societies”, in soc.culture.usa‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Human civilization is not immortal, you know. Even if we manage to avoid the death trap that is this Earth, and even *IF* we manage to free ourselves from these weak fleshbag bodies so that we may exist in enviroments^[sic] that are uninhabitable to biological lifeforms, we would still be limited by the lifetime of our universe.