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cupertino effect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables
cu-per-ti-no -ef-fect
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The replacement, by a spell checker, of words that are real (such as proper nouns or alternate spellings), but missing from its internal dictionary, with words that are starkly incorrect in context.

noun

The failure of spell checkers to replace incorrectly spelled words with the actually intended words, resulting in miscorrections.

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Etymology

Named for the fact that some older computer spellcheckers did not include the form cooperation and would automatically replace it not with co-operation, but with Cupertino, a name of a city in northern California and headquarters of Apple Inc.

Derived Forms

Cupertino

Questions

What does cupertino effect mean?
The replacement, by a spell checker, of words that are real (such as proper nouns or alternate spellings), but missing from its internal dictionary, with words that are starkly incorrect in context.
Where does cupertino effect come from?
Named for the fact that some older computer spellcheckers did not include the form cooperation and would automatically replace it not with co-operation, but with Cupertino, a name of a city in northern California and headquarters of Apple Inc.

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