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type: post
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title: Words Android Refuses to Type
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slug: words-my-phone-wont-type
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date: 2013-06-09
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I keep running across words that are disallowed by autocorrect on Android
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4.2.2 using swiping on Android Keyboard (AOSP). They're not censored, as
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you can type them by hand, but they will never autocorrect. I'm not really
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sure of the reason, perhaps it has to do with trying to prevent users from
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autocorrecting themselves into trouble? Some of them are pretty out there,
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though, and honestly, there has to be better UX around that (say, having a
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list of words that never autocorrects to that word *by default*, but is still
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on the list of selectable words).
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## Curse words
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Pretty standard list of dirty words (their variants are usually blocked, too).
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* fuck
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* shit
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* cunt
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* ass
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* butt
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* piss
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* cock
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* tits
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## Non curse words
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This is where it gets a little weird. I suppose I can understand not wanting to
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accidentally text 'penis' to a family member, but some of these are a
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little...out there.
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* suck
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* sex
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* sexuality
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* penis
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* vagina
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* clitoris
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* menstrual
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* menstruation
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* erection
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* semen
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* coitus
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* anal
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* rape (‽)
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* orgasm
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* circumcised
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* nipple
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* vibrator
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* rectum
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* genitalia
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## Words Android will type
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These are some words Android will type that are a little weird given the
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above list.
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* asexuality
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* prepuce
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* cervix
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* vulva
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* foreskin
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* womb
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* prostate
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* oral
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* condom
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* pussy
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It all kind of makes me wonder what goes into making these blacklists of words.
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What was going through the mind of someone who decided that 'rape' was never a
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word that someone should want to type when swiping? What about 'menstrual'?
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And 'coitus'? I can't even remember the last time I used that for anything
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other than discussing "the standard post-coitus cigarette", and then only as a
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joke. Sigh.
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