when one corrects you by saying... 'did you mean'...
I have Lord & Taylor taste with a dollar store pock-a-book.
Friend replies w/ 'did you mean', pocketbook.
Are you google correcting me?
"Google, helping dumb people look smart on the internet since 1998".
*adj*; the tendency of some systems to return to normal conditions after a disruption. For example, a spinning gyroscope will return to its originalinclination if you push it away. The term is usually applied to theories about how the economy works.
Economists traditionally describe market economies as self-correcting. However, when depressions or recessions strike, they are usually obligated to help the process along.