G1 Autobot and Decepticon naming and faction insignia's

[Sam]

The names Autobot and Decepticon would have been coined by one of Bob Budiansky, Jim Shooter or Denny O'Neil. Like the faction symbols, they're obviously not very deep compound words based on automaton, robot, deception and con.

I always thought they were called Autobots because most of them transformed into automobiles. But that's just my guess.

[Paulbot]

I always thought they were called Autobots because most of them transformed into automobiles. But that's just my guess.

Me too.

And it's better than "Autonomous Robotic Organisms"