autocorrupt
English
editEtymology
editFrom auto- + corrupt, jokingly implying that the writer had meant to type autocorrect.
Noun
editautocorrupt (uncountable)
- (technology, derogatory, humorous) An autocorrect feature which inadvertently introduces new errors into the writer's text.
- Synonym: autofail
- 2017, Colin Beveridge, The Maths Behind...: Discover the Mathematics of Everyday Events, London: Cassell Illustrated, →ISBN, page 85, column 2:
- As for the embarrassing typos? It is easy enough to make those on a computer without "autocorrupt". Embarrassing miscorrections are pretty rare. It is just that when they do occur, they tend to get packaged into viral images and shared widely.
- 2022 February 2, Rob D., “lockdowns had little orno impact on covid-19 deaths”, in alt.recovery.aa[3] (Usenet):
- Yeah. This iPad I use for araa allows me to see 8 lines--*maybe*--of a post I am replying to. (Fully have of the screen is filled with the keyboard.) I have to stop typing and scroll downward every time I think I *might* have made a typo. And don't get me started on autocorrupt.