diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 007f627..5903dcf 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -22,5 +22,8 @@ Imports:
     ggplot2 (>= 2.1.0),
     grid,
     scales,
-    extrafont
+    extrafont,
+    hunspell,
+    stringi,
+    purrr
 RoxygenNote: 6.0.0
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 72846a1..8ce6000 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 
+export("%>%")
 export(font_an)
 export(font_rc)
 export(font_rc_light)
+export(gg_check)
 export(import_roboto_condensed)
 export(ipsum_pal)
 export(scale_color_ipsum)
@@ -17,4 +19,9 @@ export(update_geom_font_defaults)
 import(extrafont)
 import(ggplot2)
 import(grid)
+import(hunspell)
 import(scales)
+import(stringi)
+importFrom(purrr,"%>%")
+importFrom(purrr,map)
+importFrom(purrr,walk)
diff --git a/R/check.r b/R/check.r
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79a0c6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/check.r
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#' Spell check ggplot2 plot labels
+#'
+#' This function can be used in a piping context or standalone. Current
+#' functionality only looks for misspelled words in the labels of ggplot2 objects.
+#' When misspelled words are found, a message is printed with the words and the
+#' label that they are in. No messages will be printed if there are no misspelled
+#' words.
+#'
+#' @md
+#' @param gg ggplot2 object
+#' @param dict a dictionary object or string which can be passed to [hunspell::dictionary]
+#' @param ignore character vector with additional approved words added to the dictionary
+#' @return the object that was passed in
+#' @export
+#' @examples
+#' df <- data.frame(x=c(20, 25, 30), y=c(4, 4, 4), txt=c("One", "Two", "Three"))
+#'
+#' # piping
+#' ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) +
+#'   geom_point() +
+#'   geom_text(data=df, aes(x=x, y=y, label=txt)) +
+#'   labs(x="This is some txt", y="This is more text",
+#'        title="Thisy is a titlle",
+#'        subtitle="This is a subtitley",
+#'        caption="This is a captien") %>%
+#'   gg_check()
+#'
+#' # not piping
+#' ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) +
+#'   geom_point() +
+#'   geom_text(data=df, aes(x=x, y=y, label=txt)) +
+#'   labs(x="This is some txt", y="This is more text",
+#'        title="Thisy is a titlle",
+#'        subtitle="This is a subtitley",
+#'        caption="This is a captien") -> gg
+#'
+#' gg_check(gg)
+gg_check <- function(gg, dict = hunspell::dictionary("en_US"), ignore = hunspell::en_stats) {
+
+  if (inherits(gg, "labels")) {
+    lbl <- gg
+  } else if ("labels" %in% names(gg)) {
+    lbl <- gg$labels
+  } else {
+    return(gg)
+  }
+
+  if (length(lbl) > 0) {
+
+    purrr::walk(names(lbl), function(lab) {
+
+      words <- stri_extract_all_words(lbl[[lab]])
+      words <- unlist(words)
+      words <- purrr::discard(hunspell(words, "text"), ~length(.)==0)
+
+      if (length(words) > 0) {
+        message(sprintf("Possible misspelled words in [%s]: (%s)",
+                        lab, paste0(words, collapse=", ")))
+      }
+
+    })
+
+  }
+
+  gg
+
+}
diff --git a/R/hrbrthemes-package.R b/R/hrbrthemes-package.R
index b62282f..8f22ca3 100644
--- a/R/hrbrthemes-package.R
+++ b/R/hrbrthemes-package.R
@@ -15,8 +15,20 @@
 #' @name hrbrthemes
 #' @docType package
 #' @author Bob Rudis (bob@@rud.is)
-#' @import ggplot2
-#' @import grid
-#' @import scales
-#' @import extrafont
+#' @import ggplot2 grid scales extrafont hunspell stringi
+#' @importFrom purrr %>% map walk
+NULL
+
+#' hrbrthemes exported operators
+#'
+#' The following functions are imported and then re-exported
+#' from the hrbrthemes package to enable use of the magrittr
+#' pipe operator with no additional library calls
+#'
+#' @name hrbrthemes-exports
+NULL
+
+#' @name %>%
+#' @export
+#' @rdname hrbrthemes-exports
 NULL
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 7b3cbe5..520f584 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ The following functions are implemented/objects are exported:
 
 - `theme_ipsum` : Arial Narrow-based theme
 - `theme_ipsum_rc` : Roboto Condensed-based theme
+- `gg_check`: Spell check ggplot2 plot labels
 - `update_geom_font_defaults`:	Update matching font defaults for text geoms (the default is — unsurprisingly — Arial Narrow)
 - `scale_x_comma` / `scale_y_comma` : Comma format for axis text and `expand=c(0,0)` (you need to set limits)
 - `scale_x_percent` / `scale_y_percent` : Percent format for axis text and `expand=c(0,0)` (you need to set limits)
@@ -125,6 +126,35 @@ count(mpg, class) %>%
   theme_ipsum_rc(grid="X")
 ```
 
+### Spellcheck ggplot2 labels
+
+```{r fig.retina=2, message=TRUE}
+df <- data.frame(x=c(20, 25, 30), y=c(4, 4, 4), txt=c("One", "Two", "Three"))
+
+# piped
+
+ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) +
+  geom_point() +
+  geom_text(data=df, aes(x=x, y=y, label=txt)) +
+  labs(x="This is some txt", y="This is more text",
+       title="Thisy is a titlle",
+       subtitle="This is a subtitley",
+       caption="This is a captien") %>%
+  gg_check()
+
+# not-piped
+
+ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) +
+  geom_point() +
+  geom_text(data=df, aes(x=x, y=y, label=txt)) +
+  labs(x="This is some txt", y="This is more text",
+       title="Thisy is a titlle",
+       subtitle="This is a subtitley",
+       caption="This is a captien") -> gg
+
+gg_check(gg)
+```
+
 ### Test Results
 
 ```{r message=FALSE, warning=FALSE, error=FALSE}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1ed1977..d9bf35d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ The following functions are implemented/objects are exported:
 
 -   `theme_ipsum` : Arial Narrow-based theme
 -   `theme_ipsum_rc` : Roboto Condensed-based theme
+-   `gg_check`: Spell check ggplot2 plot labels
 -   `update_geom_font_defaults`: Update matching font defaults for text geoms (the default is — unsurprisingly — Arial Narrow)
 -   `scale_x_comma` / `scale_y_comma` : Comma format for axis text and `expand=c(0,0)` (you need to set limits)
 -   `scale_x_percent` / `scale_y_percent` : Percent format for axis text and `expand=c(0,0)` (you need to set limits)
@@ -133,6 +134,23 @@ count(mpg, class) %>%
 
 <img src="README_files/figure-markdown_github/unnamed-chunk-9-1.png" width="672" />
 
+### Spellcheck ggplot2 labels
+
+``` r
+df <- data.frame(x=c(20, 25, 30), y=c(4, 4, 4), txt=c("One", "Two", "Three"))
+
+ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) +
+  geom_point() +
+  geom_text(data=df, aes(x=x, y=y, label=txt)) +
+  labs(x="This is some txt", y="This is more text",
+       title="Thisy is a titlle",
+       subtitle="This is a subtitley",
+       caption="This is a captien") %>%
+  gg_check()
+```
+
+<img src="README_files/figure-markdown_github/unnamed-chunk-10-1.png" width="672" />
+
 ### Test Results
 
 ``` r
@@ -142,7 +160,7 @@ library(testthat)
 date()
 ```
 
-    ## [1] "Sat Feb 11 17:10:08 2017"
+    ## [1] "Sat Feb 11 20:33:00 2017"
 
 ``` r
 test_dir("tests/")
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf7ad96
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diff --git a/man/gg_check.Rd b/man/gg_check.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eefe4bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/gg_check.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/check.r
+\name{gg_check}
+\alias{gg_check}
+\title{Spell check ggplot2 plot labels}
+\usage{
+gg_check(gg, dict = hunspell::dictionary("en_US"),
+  ignore = hunspell::en_stats)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{gg}{ggplot2 object}
+
+\item{dict}{a dictionary object or string which can be passed to \link[hunspell:dictionary]{hunspell::dictionary}}
+
+\item{ignore}{character vector with additional approved words added to the dictionary}
+}
+\value{
+the object that was passed in
+}
+\description{
+This function can be used in a piping context or standalone. Current
+functionality only looks for misspelled words in the labels of ggplot2 objects.
+When misspelled words are found, a message is printed with the words and the
+label that they are in. No messages will be printed if there are no misspelled
+words.
+}
+\examples{
+df <- data.frame(x=c(20, 25, 30), y=c(4, 4, 4), txt=c("One", "Two", "Three"))
+
+# piping
+ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) +
+  geom_point() +
+  geom_text(data=df, aes(x=x, y=y, label=txt)) +
+  labs(x="This is some txt", y="This is more text",
+       title="Thisy is a titlle",
+       subtitle="This is a subtitley",
+       caption="This is a captien") \%>\%
+  gg_check()
+
+# not piping
+ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) +
+  geom_point() +
+  geom_text(data=df, aes(x=x, y=y, label=txt)) +
+  labs(x="This is some txt", y="This is more text",
+       title="Thisy is a titlle",
+       subtitle="This is a subtitley",
+       caption="This is a captien") -> gg
+
+gg_check(gg)
+}
diff --git a/man/hrbrthemes-exports.Rd b/man/hrbrthemes-exports.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5cce79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/hrbrthemes-exports.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/hrbrthemes-package.R
+\name{hrbrthemes-exports}
+\alias{hrbrthemes-exports}
+\alias{\%>\%}
+\title{hrbrthemes exported operators}
+\description{
+The following functions are imported and then re-exported
+from the hrbrthemes package to enable use of the magrittr
+pipe operator with no additional library calls
+}