Word.ws English Dictionary

botsitting

/ˈbɒtˌsɪtɪŋ/

botsitting noun: the temporary monitoring, managing, or caretaking of software bots on behalf of their owners or operators.

Noun

botsitting (uncountable)

  1. (Internet) The temporary monitoring, managing, or caretaking of software bots on behalf of their owners or operators.
    • Botsitting rarely resembles the popular image of someone watching a chatbot respond"
    • Workers spend more time botsitting than prompting AI in the first place

Origin of botsitting

Blend of bot + babysitting.

Questions about botsitting

What does botsitting mean?
Botsitting means the temporary monitoring, managing, or caretaking of software bots on behalf of their owners or operators.
What part of speech is botsitting?
Botsitting is a noun.
How do you pronounce botsitting?
Botsitting is pronounced /ˈbɒtˌsɪtɪŋ/.

Words near botsitting in the dictionary

  1. Bots.
  2. Botsford
  3. Botsfords
  4. Botsis
  5. Botsises
  6. botsitting
  7. Botsra
  8. Botswana
  9. Botswanan
  10. Botswanans
  11. Botswanian

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: botsitting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “botsitting.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/botsitting. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.