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    Thank You, iPhone Dictionary, That Is Exactly What I Meant to Say

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    Image of jinushaun jinushaun
    11/18/09

    In reply to "Unfriend" Declared Word of the Year
    Hashtag? Really? It's not general purpose or popular enough to be included in a dictionary. 5 years from
    now will we still be hash tagging on Twitter? I doubt it.

    Unfriending also works offline.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/18/09

    In reply to "Unfriend" Declared Word of the Year
    Personally, I'm loving "intexicated" to describe the effect of texting while driving. Actually pretty clever.

    As an aside to CNN: You just reported on a survey of Twitter users to determine the "Word of the Year" and came up with a Facebook term. You have officially lost all credibility and respect in my book.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    11/18/09

    In reply to "Unfriend" Declared Word of the Year
    And here I always thought the correct term was de-friend.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/18/09

    @BergenCountyJC: I've always preferred defriendestration.
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    11/18/09

    @weatherman: To throw someone or something out the window, or to defriend someone in a violent way?
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    Image of mmmiles mmmiles
    09/20/09

    In reply to Thank You, iPhone Dictionary, That Is Exactly What I Meant to Say
    This only happens because he keeps inputting the word fuckhead. It's not part of the basic dictionary.

    I don't know why people think this is funny or surprising - you can make the dictionary do whatever you want, based on what you tell it are your preferences... Can I get a front page posting for making one funnier than this? Only takes about 5 minutes...
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    Image of russdogg russdogg
    09/19/09

    In reply to Thank You, iPhone Dictionary, That Is Exactly What I Meant to Say
    A co-worker pointed out when you type whitehouse it autocorrects to whorehouse.
     Reply
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    Image of jakebathman jakebathman
    09/20/09

    @russdogg: not for me
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    09/20/09

    @russdogg: Did you also happen to type Kennedy or Clinton before whitehouse?
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    Image of RoboticSpacePenguin RoboticSpacePenguin
    09/20/09

    @russdogg: It doesn't for me. It will only do that if you've typed 'whorehouse' before. If I don't complete the word it recommends 'whitehorse' for me...

    These stories always reveal more about the person who's iphone it is...
     Reply
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    09/19/09

    In reply to Thank You, iPhone Dictionary, That Is Exactly What I Meant to Say

    Mine was pretty annoying.
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    Image of G-Ram G-Ram
    09/20/09


    @appletoad: Mine was too. Word correcting aside, why the hell would that word be capitalized in the middle of the sentence even IF it really was what I wanted to use?
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    Image of Lasarett Lasarett
    09/20/09

    @G-Ram: Is there someone in your contact list with the name Fine?
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    Image of G-Ram G-Ram
    09/20/09

    @Lasarett: No, but after reading your comment i did a spotlight search for the word and it turns out I have a contact with a college's "Fine Arts Center" in the company field.

    So now the capitalization makes sense, but that still doesn't explain why the hell it wants me to use that instead of the perfectly appropriate word.
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    Image of €hЯ!§ €hЯ!§
    09/19/09

    In reply to Thank You, iPhone Dictionary, That Is Exactly What I Meant to Say

    There's an app or mod, whatever you call it, in the Cydia Store called Inspell. I have it. You can enter any word in the Input and make it change to whatever you put in the Output.

    You could even do something wacky like change "hi" to "whoop de whoop" like I did right there, so these pics aren't shocking at all.
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    Image of €hЯ!§ €hЯ!§
    09/19/09


    @Chris:
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    09/19/09

    @Chris: That's pretty cool. Ah, brings back memories of high school...

    changing common words into profane ones in Microsoft's spell check autocorrect...

    I'll never forget the guy whose final writing essay contained the word "asshole" 7 times. (had "also" autocorrect to "asshole")

    The best though, was when we entered a teachers name in the writing lab to change to "Pussy Dickhead".

    A couple people were suspended for turning in papers to "Mr. Pussy Dickhead" before me and my team were caught.
     Reply
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    Image of nerve11 nerve11
    09/19/09

    In reply to Thank You, iPhone Dictionary, That Is Exactly What I Meant to Say
    I *HATE* auto-correction, I turn it off for everything and anything, predictive sentences can also kiss my ass.
     Reply
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    09/19/09

    @nerve11: No, don't put up the wall! Tell us how you really feel!!!
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    09/19/09

    In reply to Thank You, iPhone Dictionary, That Is Exactly What I Meant to Say
    When you start a text to your GF with "Nah..." as in:

    Nah... I was going to do it later"

    ...and it auto-corrects to:

    "Nag... I was going to do it later"

    The conversation that follows is always fun.
     Reply
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    09/19/09

    @DustyButt™: Ever had a typo of "how" correct to "cow"?

    That one is a sure fight.
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    Image of €hЯ!§ €hЯ!§
    09/19/09

    @appletoad: My friend was being difficult and I typed "Gah" but it changed to "Fag" and he stopped talking to me for a while. No joke, and I can't remember ever typing "fag" on my iPhone, so it didn't learn that word.

    Oh a side note, Lady Haha looked ducked up at the VMAs.
     Reply
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    09/19/09

    In reply to Thank You, iPhone Dictionary, That Is Exactly What I Meant to Say
    this autocorrect is dumb. you can manually enter words into the dictionary by just typing them repeatedly. Unless it is build into the OS it is pretty lame set up. Looks like someone just wanted to play a joke so entred fuckhead in a dozen times or so and then typed dickhead with is 6/8 same letters as fuckhead so it is not that far off.

    intentional isnt funny.
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    Edited by phunnyballs at 09/19/09 5:05 PM phunnyballs was starred phunnyballs was unstarred
    Image of electrolemon electrolemon
    09/19/09

    @phunnyballs: Exactly. And this is like, the third time something like this has been posted on Giz. Not this exact picture, per se, but a picture of someone's modified dictionary.

    I really don't want to be "that asshole", but come on guys. Again, sorry.
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    Image of sickforska sickforska
    09/19/09

    @electrolemon: Last time i criticized Giz I got kidnapped and beat with a stick for two weeks. I would watch where you step...
     Reply
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    09/19/09

    @sickforska: ermm.. Ha Ha Giz. Just forgot my last comment....

    *tear*
    I dont want to die.....
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    Image of electrolemon electrolemon
    09/19/09

    @sickforska: I'll have your money tomorrow, Giz, I swear!
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