# Funny AutoIncorrections... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581 "2015-12-16T00:24:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/1 "2015-12-16T00:24:33Z")
Not 10 minutes after reading [this](http://theoatmeal.com/comics/autocorrect), I texted my wife asking what the plan was for tonight and she responded: > [@](#): > > Mom is making chili and is pumped for the replicant debate Which, if I’m honest, sounds way awesome. Chili and replicants. What’s a funny autoincorrection you’ve encountered lately? ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/2 "2015-12-16T15:26:25Z")
This morning I texted hubby to tell him that the “toll toad” was backed up. We both giggled at the mental image. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/3 "2015-12-16T15:34:47Z")
Texted my wife that it would take about 30 minstrels to plow our driveway. Umm… Make that a half hour. ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/4 "2015-12-16T17:09:42Z")
My then-boyfriend was trying to type “Benihana” into Google in order to get directions and misspelled it. Google helpfully suggested, “Did you mean _genitals_?” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/5 "2015-12-16T18:36:41Z")
I have to be ultra careful when texting to or about a colleague in Canada whose name is Herve. Autocorrect invariably calls him Herpes. ---
**Author:** ![NVME702-redux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@NVME702-redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NVME702-redux)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/6 "2015-12-16T20:06:45Z")
Apparently iPhones autocorrect Lardass to make it Kardashian. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/7 "2015-12-16T20:26:24Z")
I was voice texting my wife to ask if she wanted BBQ or seafood for supper. The seafood restaurant is called “O’Shucks”. The text came out “Want BBQ or oral sex for supper?”. I laughed, thought about sending it as is, then corrected to the boring option. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/8 "2015-12-16T20:29:18Z")
Decades ago in college, a classmate and I were making up a list of chemical hazards for the chem department as a project. The (quite early) version of Word Perfect we were using had a spell checker, so we used it; it ran amok. We caught _most_ of its creative changes, but managed to miss the change to _sodium picrate_. So our list helpfully informed everyone that “Sodium _pirates_ are shock-sensitive and may explode if handled roughly.” ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/9 "2015-12-16T20:51:48Z")
My daughter was texting me about the awesome “sheepy spy” they have at her restaurant. She kept trying to correct it, but her continuous misspelling of shepherd caused text after text to roll in with sheepy spy. Shepherd’s pie is officially sheepy spy in my house. Baa. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/10 "2015-12-16T22:41:26Z")
> [@Orange\_Skinner](#): > > My then-boyfriend was trying to type “Benihana” into Google in order to get directions and misspelled it. Google helpfully suggested, “Did you mean _genitals_?” :eek: \ ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/11 "2015-12-17T00:08:59Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > I was voice texting my wife to ask if she wanted BBQ or seafood for supper. The seafood restaurant is called “O’Shucks”. The text came out “Want BBQ or oral sex for supper?”. I laughed, thought about sending it as is, then corrected to the boring option. Hehe, why “or”? go for “and”! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/12 "2015-12-17T01:36:59Z")
This recent post (bold added): > [@So what does it mean that having a criminal record can "spoil travel plans"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-mean-that-having-a-criminal-record-can-spoil-travel-plans/740411/8): > > Yes, as I understand it, the Canadian approach isn’t based on what the US laws call it ( **feline misdemeanour** , etc). Instead, the question is, “If this had occurred in Canada, how would we categorise it?” DUI in the States may just be a misdemeanour, but in Canada the equivalent is a federal Criminal Code offence, so automatic denial. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/13 "2015-12-17T01:40:27Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Hehe, why “or”? go for “and”! Just not with ultra-hot wings. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/14 "2015-12-17T02:20:44Z")
I am WAY too amused at autocorrect fails. My last one was when I tried to tell my brother which of our relatives was tending to my Dad’s grave. It came out “fliers” rather than flowers, which led to a whole thing about Jehovah’s Witnesses and further foolishness. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/15 "2015-12-18T02:09:04Z")
I work for an insurance company and about two weeks ago went thru a browser update at work that means we now have Spell Check automatically enabled on the computer system used to access member information. I ended up repeatedly leaving notes on member’s accounts like “member was advised of how to _disembroil_” or “member cannot _disembroil_ without a valid election period” before I caught & added “disenroll” to the dictionary. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/16 "2015-12-18T07:54:41Z")
Not really an autocorrect, but what the hell, close enough. 🙂 Girlfriend and I were driving somewhere, and wanted to do some grocery shopping when we got there, so she does a voice google on her phone for the grocery store, to find out opening hours. Meanwhile, I’m swearing over traffic. The resulting google was (translated from swedish, “Willys” is the grocery store): _Willys, you stupid fucker_. That was pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/17 "2015-12-18T20:36:58Z")
I was just cleaning up some text messages on my phone today and came across an exchange with my wife from a few months ago. I was out of town for the weekend, the yard needed mowing, neighbor kid was asking my wife if we wanted him to mow. It was going to rain before I got back so I told her to have him do it. Autocorrect kept changing “mow” to “now”. Me: “Go ahead and have him now.” Then me trying to fix it. “Now!” ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/18 "2015-12-18T20:44:12Z")
Just yesterday, I sent my wife an email that said, “The only other thing I can suggest is trying to terrorism it.” Neither of us knows quite how “reprogram” got turned into “terrorism,” but I now feel certain that a lot of the world’s problems are the result of a simple autocorrect misunderstanding. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/19 "2015-12-18T22:16:46Z")
I saw one once that said, “Would you like chicken vaginas for dinner?” “No. Also, ew!” “…Fajitas! Chicken _fajitas!_ WTF, AutoCorrect!” ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581/20 "2015-12-18T23:22:09Z")
Funny or not this is why I promptly kill AC on any device or program that I am to use. Oh sure, let it spellcheck me and prompt for an alternative, but what goes out is what I pressed or clicked. 'cause I am not gonna be on DYAC as the page of the day… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581.md?page=2)