Cupertino
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after Joseph of Cupertino, from Italian Copertino.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Cupertino
- A city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
Noun
[edit]Cupertino (plural Cupertinos)
- (informal, uncommon) An incorrect spellchecking suggestion due to the Cupertino effect.
- Coordinate term: clbuttic
- 2007 November 1, Ben Zimmer, “When Spellcheckers Attack: Perils of the Cupertino Effect”, in OUPBlog[1]:
- Sure enough, there are dozens of Cupertinos to be found in online documents from the UN, EU, NATO, and other international organizations.
- 2013, Tom Chatfield, chapter 20, in Netymology, →ISBN:
- Cupertinos can also be a serious business. Consider the case in 2012 of a school in the state of Georgia which was evacuated after a text message reading ‘gunman be at west hall today’ was reported to police.
Further reading
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Cupertino, California on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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