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Funniest iPhone Keyboard Shortcut Pranks

Leave Your Phone Alone at Your Own Peril

By

Beverly Jenkins

Updated on 05/24/19

Thanks to iPhone's ingenious "keyboard shortcut" feature, it's now easier than ever to play hilariously evil pranks on your friends and family. Click here to read a run-down on what this prank entails and how you can do it too, but if you're looking for pure prank-playing inspiration, check out the 15 funny examples in this gallery. Enjoy, and remember, never leave your phone lying around unattended unless you want to become a victim of this awesome trend!

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Cool Blasterz FTW

funny iphone shortcut prank — Via Thumbpress.

Be right back...just have to jump in my gogomobile, crank the cool blasterz, and chow down on some big-ass cookies first.

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Dog Day Afternoon

iphone shortcut prank — Via BuzzFeed.

That's okay, we'll just feed ourselves. Oh, wait. We're dogs. We don't have opposable thumbs. Help!

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Just a Few Changes

iphone prank — Via Buzzfeed.

Too bad this Reddit user had to discover his brother had tampered with his iPhone shortcuts while drafting a text to his boss. Top honors to: "OH EM GEE! Suh funneh!"

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Say That Again

Via Imgur.

We think what she's trying to say is "Please clean your room." We're not sure though; it's so hard to tell.

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That's Just Nasty

Via Reddit.

Simple, mean, and straight to the point!

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Drugs Are Bad

Just by replacing the word "laundry" with "acid," things got really sticky really fast for this mother and daughter.

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This Hurts My Eyes

Via gottabemobile.com.

This one's for all the grammar Nazis in your life. You know subbing out incorrect words and phrases will absolutely drive them crazy!

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"No More Rhymes, Now. I Mean It!"

"I herpes you?" Well...um...please don't!

You've got to love a good Princess Bride quote, though.

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Hogwarts and All

Let's hear it for Muggle power.

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What? No Iocane Powder?

Step away from "The Princess Bride" meme and no one gets hurt.

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Did Somebody Say Nugget?

iphone shortcut prank — Via Reddit.

Really the funniest thing about this one is the word "nugget" because "nugget" is just a funny word. Nugget, nugget, nugget! (Are you laughing yet?)

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Celebrity Crushing, Part One

We hate to break it to you but that's no secret.

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Celebrity Crushing, Part Two

Kim Kardashian we can understand but no one has "the biggest crush on Paul Giamatti"—not even Paul Giamatti.

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Talk About Sibling Rivalry

You're too young to remember the Smothers Brothers, right? Go ask your grandparents.

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I'm Just Interviewing the Ecdysiast

And that's how Joe got fired and divorced on the same day.