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English
Etymology
From auto- + corrupt, jokingly implying that the writer had meant to type autocorrect.
Noun
autocorrupt (uncountable)
- (technology, derogatory, humorous) An autocorrect feature which inadvertently introduces new errors into the writer's text.
- Synonym: autofail
2005 July 20, Lee Sau Dan, “Easiest/quickest method for very simple interfaces?”, in comp.os.linux.misc (Usenet):Autocorrupt fails to autocorrect "Autocorrect" to "Autocorrupt". :D
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.
2020 December 13, Lewis, “Voicemail setup”, in misc.phone.mobile.iphone (Usenet):Thank's autocorrupt.
2022 February 2, Rob D., “lockdowns had little orno impact on covid-19 deaths”, in alt.recovery.aa (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.