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autocorrupt mishap

autocorrupt mishap

8.0
A wrong change automatic correction makes in a text message
  • noun
  • Neologism
translation icon : error de autocorrección
  • Her message contained an autocorrupt mishap that changed 'meet' to 'meat'.

Examples

  • We've all experienced an autocorrupt mishap that completely changed the meaning of a text.

  • She laughed out loud when an autocorrupt mishap changed her message to something embarrassing.

  • Thanks to an autocorrupt mishap, his dinner invitation became a confusing joke.

  • I experienced an autocorrupt mishap while texting.

  • She laughed out loud when an autocorrupt mishap changed her message to something embarrassing.

  • Thanks to an autocorrupt mishap, his dinner invitation became a confusing joke.

  • Her message contained an autocorrupt mishap that changed 'meet' to 'meat'.

Synonyms

typo
vsautocorrupt mishap
48 2.3

A small mistake in typed or printed text, like a wrong letter

comes from automatic software changing words, not simple typing errors
overcorrection
vsautocorrupt mishap
  • Specialized
1 7.2

To follow a rule too strictly and make a new mistake in speech or writing

is produced by automatic software altering words, not by strict human rule use
hypercorrection
vsautocorrupt mishap
  • Specialized
9.5

An overdone change that creates a new mistake, often in language

is caused by automatic software changing words wrongly
slip of the pen
vsautocorrupt mishap
  • Informal
3.8

A small mistake made when writing by accident

comes from automatic software altering words, not a small handwritten mistake

Surface Forms

autocorrupt mishap singular
autocorrupt mishaps plural

Morphology

autocorrupt + mishap

The phrase is compositionally interpretable: 'autocorrupt' can be parsed as auto- (automatic) + corrupt (to spoil) and 'mishap' means a small accident, so a learner can infer an accidental error caused by automatic corruption. However, the specific sense referring to automatic text-correction software (an 'autocorrect'-style error) is a technological extension and a novel coinage, so full predictability requires some domain knowledge.

Etymology

Autocorrupt mishap comes from the simple idea of a phone or computer helper that should auto fix your typing but instead corrupts the words, making a mishap. So, the phrase means 'an error in a message where automatic correction changes words into something wrong or embarrassing'.