There seems to be a set of words that Android 4 autocorrect will recognize as correctly spelled if you correctly spell it, but refuse to autocorrect a misspelling to a correct one. Also the misspelling is underlined in red, which if tapped, the correct spelling does not appear on the list of suggestions.
What is this list of words? It is a snapshot of our culture. Reverse engineer it. Presumably to avoid accidentally writing offensive messages. There does not seem to be a way to turn off this feature.
Masturbation, prostitution. Vagina is apparently an unmentionable word, despite the efforts of the monologues.
It's very 1984 Newspeak, deleting undesirable words out of the dictionary.
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