autocorrupt
autocorrupt noun: an autocorrect feature which inadvertently introduces new errors into the writer's text.
Noun
autocorrupt (uncountable)
- An autocorrect feature which inadvertently introduces new errors into the writer's text.
- Autocorrupt fails to autocorrect "Autocorrect" to "Autocorrupt". :D2005 July 20, Lee Sau Dan, “Easiest/quickest method for very simple interfaces?”, in comp.os.linux.misc (Usenet)
- 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.2017, Colin Beveridge, The Maths Behind...: Discover the Mathematics of Everyday Events, London: Cassell Illustrated, →ISBN, page 85, column 2
- Synonyms:
- autofail
Synonyms of autocorrupt
Origin of autocorrupt
From auto- + corrupt, jokingly implying that the writer had meant to type autocorrect.
Questions about autocorrupt
- What does autocorrupt mean?
- Autocorrupt means an autocorrect feature which inadvertently introduces new errors into the writer's text.
- What part of speech is autocorrupt?
- Autocorrupt is a noun.
Words near autocorrupt in the dictionary
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