Cupertino
noun/ˌkuːpəɹˈtiːnoʊ/
Etymology Named after Joseph of Cupertino, from Italian Copertino.
- Sure enough, there are dozens of Cupertinos to be found in online documents from the UN, EU, NATO, and other international organizations.2007 November 1, Ben Zimmer, “When Spellcheckers Attack: Perils of the Cupertino Effect”, in OUPBlog:
- 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.2013, Tom Chatfield, chapter 20, in Netymology, →ISBN: