Meaning of autocorrupt | Babel Free

Definitions

An autocorrect feature which inadvertently introduces new errors into the writer's text.

derogatory, humorous, uncountable

Examples

“Autocorrupt fails to autocorrect "Autocorrect" to "Autocorrupt". :D”

“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.”

“Thank's autocorrupt.”

“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.”

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