The embarrassing situation when an individual means to type out a word quickly, but trough muscle memory (and with no influence from a digital autocorrect functionality on their keyboard) accidentally types a different, common word they use, which has a lot of the same letters or flow-of-typing in it.
"I meant to type 'gap year', but psychologically autocorrected myself to 'gay year'."
"I didn't want to type 'one sex', I meant 'one sec'! I hate my psychological autocorrect."
"I didn't want to type 'one sex', I meant 'one sec'! I hate my psychological autocorrect."
by deepercreeper April 5, 2026
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