Google Android Autocomplete Won't Finish 'Uterus' Or 'Panty' But 'Nazi' Is Fine

The Baffling List Of Words Android Autocomplete Won't Finish
The new low cost smartphone of Motorola, 'Motorola Moto G', is displayed in Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 13, 2013. The smartphone, with dimensions 65.9mm W x 129.9mm H x 6.0 - 11.6mm D is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 with quad-core 1,2 GHz CPU, a 4.5-inch display and Android Operating System 4.3 and a suggested price of $ 179 USD. AFP PHOTO / NELSON ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)
The new low cost smartphone of Motorola, 'Motorola Moto G', is displayed in Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 13, 2013. The smartphone, with dimensions 65.9mm W x 129.9mm H x 6.0 - 11.6mm D is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 with quad-core 1,2 GHz CPU, a 4.5-inch display and Android Operating System 4.3 and a suggested price of $ 179 USD. AFP PHOTO / NELSON ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Google Android doesn't appear to like sex, underwear or itself by the looks of things.

An investigation by Wired has uncovered an exhaustive list of words the operating system will not autocomplete.

As well as the vaguely offensive 'butt' and 'geek' are words such as 'uterus', 'STI' and 'lactation'.

'Nazi' is a no-go but 'supremacist' is fine.

Perhaps the most baffling is that Android will complete 'iPhone' but not Google products like' Chromebook', 'Zagat', or 'AdMob'.

The issue is not limited to Google.

A similar investigation by the Daily Beast into the autocorrect on iOS found words like 'rape', 'bullet', 'abduct' and 'abortion' if misspelled stay misspelled.

Google declined to shed any light on the findings meaning we can only speculate as to the reasoning behind the list.

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