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Autoincorrect

When the "Autocorrect" feature chooses incorrectly and changes your typing to a word you did not intend.
Autoincorrect (noun): The typing feature that invariably changes your intended word to something incorrect.
Autoincorrect, -ed, -ing (verb): The action of the "autocorrect" feature changing your typing to an incorrect word.
That word got autoincorrected!
That was an autoincorrect fail!
Ugh...autoincorrect!
Autoincorrect by FireWater! January 5, 2017

AutoINcorrect

n. A smartphone's (esp. one with a touch screen keyboard) ability to mangle slang terms or abbreviations.
John: Wait a minute, What? Bill had a baby?!? His text reads "Come to my baby party next Tuesday!"

Sarah: He obviously has his AutoINcorrect on, I think he meant to say "Come to my B-DAY party next Tuesday!" Stupid Iphone.
AutoINcorrect by DBBrooklyn January 19, 2010

Autoincorrect

The use of autocorrect incorrectly causing miscommunication in an online conversation
"Sorry about that my autoincorrect is being annoying as per usual"
Autoincorrect by Gammadelta May 20, 2022

autoincorrect

noun
the programme responsible for "autocorrecting" typed text, unaware of its stupidity.

verb
what the programme (described above) does. "autocorrect" typed text, badly.
noun
person 1: i hate autoincorrect.
person 2: same

verb
person 1: it keeps autoincorrecting my massages!
person 2: it looks like it did it again.
autoincorrect by jan Kanon August 8, 2023

Autoincorrect

When your typing something correctly and you're phone changes it to make it wrong.
We we're sending a text message and autoincorrect changed it.
Autoincorrect can go to he'll.
Autoincorrect by awmm November 5, 2018

Autoincorrect

What people mistakenly call autocorrect.
Sorry, that should say β€œhat” not β€œfat”. I was autoincorrected by my phone again.
Autoincorrect by Rassputnik May 9, 2020