# Weird/disturbing google autofill suggsestions (TMI)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-disturbing-google-autofill-suggsestions-tmi/596338>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 14, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-disturbing-google-autofill-suggsestions-tmi/596338 "2011-09-14T21:32:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-disturbing-google-autofill-suggsestions-tmi/596338/21 "2011-09-19T05:04:09Z")

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[A couple of years ago I did a similar thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=536893) about the term “Atlanta douchebag”. I just tried it again and it still shows up on the list before you finish typing it all in.

The back story is, it was about an exchange of messages on a dating website that went viral, and the guy became known as the Atlanta Douchebag.

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**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-disturbing-google-autofill-suggsestions-tmi/596338/22 "2011-09-21T02:15:49Z")

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There are entire sites dedicated to these. [http://www.autocompletefail.com/](http://www.autocompletefail.com/)

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**Author:** ![Amanda\_the\_Wuss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@Amanda\_the\_Wuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amanda_the_Wuss)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-disturbing-google-autofill-suggsestions-tmi/596338/23 "2011-09-26T19:31:30Z")

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It doesn’t seem to be doing it now, thank god, but a while back I googled “little girl giant” (searching for [this video of a giant puppet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBXr15K2uSc)) and got “Did you mean ‘little girl giant dick’?” :eek:

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**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-disturbing-google-autofill-suggsestions-tmi/596338/24 "2011-09-26T20:28:19Z")

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> [@Omega\_Glory](#):
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> And while we’re here, is there a way to turn off the google feature where it “corrects” your spelling and gives you the results it thinks you want instead of the ones you actually do?

Put a plus sign in front of the word.

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