# Auto-Correct Embarassments! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 3, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-embarassments/1001104 "2024-05-03T14:46:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-embarassments/1001104/21 "2024-05-04T08:34:39Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > “Staying home again today because I’m still naked. Surely he meant “Staying home again today because I’m still baked." At least that is what I would base my responses on. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-embarassments/1001104/22 "2024-05-04T11:39:39Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > So… what was he trying to say ? My first thought was _knackered_… ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-embarassments/1001104/23 "2024-05-04T11:59:31Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > So tired AF the whack-a-doodles at work”. Air Force? Atrial Fibrillation? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-embarassments/1001104/24 "2024-05-04T12:04:36Z")
Yes, i thought that too, but i thought it was a british term - and also very unprofessional ! ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-embarassments/1001104/25 "2024-05-04T12:13:28Z")
For what it’s worth, I tried to send a SMS (to myself) saying “I am still aick”. Autocorrect wanted it to be sick. My phone has learned that one. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-embarassments/1001104/26 "2024-05-04T13:26:02Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > > [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > > > So tired AF the whack-a-doodles at work”. > > Air Force? Atrial Fibrillation? As fuck, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-embarassments/1001104/27 "2024-05-04T13:32:30Z")
Ah, thanks. Funny! ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-embarassments/1001104/28 "2024-05-04T17:32:36Z")
My cousin (female) was sending a text to confirm a one night stay @ her bed and breakfast for an out of state man arriving the next day. Her text message auto corrected to “one night stand” instead. They were both thankfully amused. ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-embarassments/1001104/29 "2024-05-04T17:44:30Z")
Recently, my wife texted me and asked if I had made it to my doctor’s appointment that afternoon. I texted back, “I am in the waiting room.” My phone wanted me to send, “I am in the waitress.” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-embarassments/1001104/30 "2024-05-04T18:37:16Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I see auto correct problems and think, well that’s a word they use alot in texts. If it’s a sketchy word, yes I make judgements about you. Sorry, I do. But often autocorrect just picks a word near the keys on the keypad to the one that was mis-typed, or nowadays to a word that’s common to the internet - not necessarily something the typeist has previously written. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-embarassments/1001104/31 "2024-05-06T11:28:40Z")
Just checked the additions from over the weekend. Laughing out loud. 🙂 Oh, assuming that my work mate returns today, I decided to be merciful and limit my torture to a simple zinger. When I hear the door, I’m going to shout out, “You’d better be dressed!!” LOL Well, I didn’t say say just ONE one line zinger, so we’ll see how it plays out. 😈 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-embarassments/1001104.md?page=1)