app slave

noun

Etymology

From app (“a phone application”) + slave.

  1. derived from σκῡλεύω
  2. derived from Σκλάβος
  3. derived from Sclavus — “Slav
  4. derived from sclavus — “slave
  5. derived from sclave
  6. inherited from sclave
  7. compounded as app slave — “app + slave

Definitions

  1. A self-employed laborer who provides work for gig economy services, particularly food…

    A self-employed laborer who provides work for gig economy services, particularly food delivery and rideshare programs.

    • Oh no the app slave was performing the level of labor commensurate with his pay, what a travesty. Is she ok?
    • Cities swung to Trump because they are mad that app slaves cost more than they did in 2020

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for app slave. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA