Cupertino

//ˌkuːpəɹˈtiːnoʊ// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An incorrect spellchecking suggestion due to the Cupertino effect. informal, uncommon

    "Sure enough, there are dozens of Cupertinos to be found in online documents from the UN, EU, NATO, and other international organizations."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
  2. 2
    Apple Inc. metonymically

    "A major difference between Apple and other companies in bringing AI to the masses is that Cupertino is more open to partnerships—such as the one it has with OpenAI. The idea is that Apple will combine its own machine learning models with generative AI technologies from partners to power features within Apple Intelligence."

Example

More examples

"A major difference between Apple and other companies in bringing AI to the masses is that Cupertino is more open to partnerships—such as the one it has with OpenAI. The idea is that Apple will combine its own machine learning models with generative AI technologies from partners to power features within Apple Intelligence."

Etymology

Named after Joseph of Cupertino, from Italian Copertino.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.