Meanings
- derogatoryhumorousuncountableengineeringAn autocorrect feature which inadvertently introduces new errors into the writer's text.
Thank's autocorrupt.
2020 December 13, Lewis, “Voicemail setup”, in misc.phone.mobile.iphone (Usenet)3 more examples
Autocorrupt fails to autocorrect "Autocorrect" to "Autocorrupt". :D
2005 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 2Yeah. 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.
2022 February 2, Rob D., “lockdowns had little orno impact on covid-19 deaths”, in alt.recovery.aa (Usenet)Synonyms: autofail
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn autocorrect feature which inadvertently introduces new errors into the writer's text.
Origin
From auto- + corrupt, jokingly implying that the writer had meant to type autocorrect.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
autocorrupt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autocorrupt
“autocorrupt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autocorrupt. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autocorrupt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autocorrupt.
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