When, while texting with your girlfriend, autocorrect forces you to accidentally reference your mother.
Origin: Oedipus + Autocorrect:
Oedipus - a tragic
hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus accidentally fulfilled the prophecy, despite his efforts not to, that he would end up killing his
father and marrying his mother, thereby bringing disaster to his city and family. When the
truth was discovered, his wife hanged herself, and Oedipus gouged out his own eyes.
Later adopted by Sigmund Freud to describe a male
child'
s unconscious desire for the exclusive love of his mother. This desire includes jealousy towards the
father and the unconscious wish for that parent's death, as well as the unconscious desire for sexual intercourse with the mother.
Autocorrect - spelling correction mechanism on mobile devices.