skin job
Artificial person slur
Skin job is slang from science fiction for a synthetic being designed to pass as human—an android or replicant with flesh-like covering.
The term gained currency from *Blade Runner*, where it functions as a slur against artificial humans: Fucking skin jobs.
Outside fiction, it occasionally appears as crude slang for circumcision or cosmetic surgery.
Expressing criticism or disrespect
- pejorativeTerm expressing disapproval
- slurInsulting group label
- dehumanizingDenying inherent worth
- epithetDescriptive tag for someone
bigotry · prejudice · othering · discrimination · android · synthetic · replicant · subhuman
Machine resembling a person
- cyborgOrganic-mechanical hybrid entity
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
- biomechanicalBody-as-mechanism study
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
noir · neon · megacorporation · sci-fi · Philip K. Dick · cybernetic · retrofuturism · Los Angeles
Machine resembling a person
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
- humanoidBeing with body like ours
- Blade RunnerOne who retires replicants
- RachelFemale given name
empathy test · bioengineered · artificial life · off-world · retirement · memory implant · origami · spinner
Identity-concealing alteration
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
- passingMoving by or temporary
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- undetectableImpossible to notice
hidden · masquerade · pretense · sleeper · blending in · indistinguishable · cover · deception
derogatory
Expressing criticism or disrespect
- pejorativeTerm expressing disapproval
- slurInsulting group label
- dehumanizingDenying inherent worth
epithet · bigotry · prejudice · othering · discrimination · android · synthetic · replicant · subhuman · disposable
android
Machine resembling a person
- cyborgOrganic-mechanical hybrid entity
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
- biomechanicalBody-as-mechanism study
dystopia · noir · neon · megacorporation · sci-fi · Philip K. Dick · cybernetic · retrofuturism · Los Angeles · rain-soaked
android
Machine resembling a person
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
- humanoidBeing with body like ours
- Blade RunnerOne who retires replicants
Rachel · empathy test · bioengineered · artificial life · off-world · retirement · memory implant · origami · spinner
disguise
Identity-concealing alteration
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
- passingMoving by or temporary
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
undetectable · hidden · masquerade · pretense · sleeper · blending in · indistinguishable · cover · deception · duplicity
- Artificial Beingsandroid, androids, automaton, automata, humanoid robot
skin jobhuman
Homo sapiens individual
the real thing · real person · flesh and blood · natural person · original
skin jobperson
Human individual
human being · individual · sentient being · soul · citizen
skin, job, skins, skinned, skinning, skinny, skinnier, skinniest, jobs