We've all done it. You meant to text your mom to say: "Should I pick up some pizza?" but instead it came out somewhat raunchier. Let's just say you won't be able to look your mother in the eye for a long, long time. But at least you can't get subpoenaed for using that language—you can blame it on auto crustacean, er, cockrocket, ERGH! I mean autocorrect!
Sure it creates blunders that garner expletive-laden complaints, but autocorrect also comes to the rescue of millions of typos every day. When you misspell a word or even begin to misspell a word, autocorrect usually offers up a more accurate alternative. It inserts an apostrophe into "hell" when it's likely you mean "he'll" and it often takes context into account. Most predictive text systems are smart, meaning they study your common behaviors and improve over time. Some allow you to add words to their dictionaries, but some—notably iOS's—have inaccessible and un-editable word lists. You can, however, add shortcuts that will turn "omw" into "On my way!"
But while these systems are smart and continually learning, they can't all be perfect all the time. If you're sick of your phone erroneously speaking on your behalf, you can turn off the feature. WikiHow walks you through the simple six-step process of disabling autocorrect on iOS and Android devices.
Of course, the more offensive or inappropriate the mistake, the more laughs it gets. The worst experiences usually make for the funniest stories after all. Read on for the funniest, foulest autocorrect fails that are certainly NSFW, courtesy of damnyouautocorrect.com.
Google's Autocomplete can be equally guilty of misconstruing your words when you're searching for answers, although the outcome is likely less catastrophic since only you, not your boss or spouse, sees the mistake. For more laughs, check out these 10 hilarious Google Autocompletes.