Arminia, Elterlein Definition: Slang used to describe a person with a physical or emotional reliance on an engineered assistance mechanism (such as Automail). Generally used as a derogatory statement, intended to insult the subject's ailment or handicap. Example sentences: "Maybe if you hadn't tried to wrestle that bear you'd still have your leg, /and/ your dignity, you miserable crank." "Why don't you take that arm off and fight me like a man you crank."