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gotcha journalism

An expression used by desperate Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin in an effort to cover up/minimize embarrassment regarding Palin's weak and uniformed answers to simple political questions posed from the media.
Yes, it is agreed I don't much about current issues, but in this day and age of "gotcha journalism", ..is that a pizza place ?
by ChaChaChamp October 2, 2008
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brain glitch

A temporary spacing out, or lapse in judgement where one makes an error in thought or analysis.
He answered much more difficult trivia questions, but when asked the answer to 9 squared, he had a brain glitch.
by Raoul_16 July 21, 2008
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gotcha

A proverbial pitfall. Something that has negative consequences that are easily overlooked.
A common gotcha is forgetting to push in the fuel cutoff.
A common gotcha is to rely on the computer and not check its output.
by Hans A. November 17, 2015
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Glitch in the Matrix

The rare combination of a ‘Ghost wipe’ and a ‘Ghosty’.
After taking a dump, Jake was surprised when he wiped and found no sign of fecal matter on the toilet paper. Intrigued, he stood up and was astonished to find no sign of the shit that he had just birthed. Questioning himself “Did I even take a shit?”. This is known as a “Glitch in the Matrix”
by Duss Duss January 25, 2022
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Glitch Metal

the musical genre that combines elements of Metal (any metal sub-genre) and Dubstep.
Danny Dodge of DDM is the pioneer of Glitch Metal.
by Nacht13 May 13, 2011
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glitch

- a software defect.
- A phrase used only by the media and old people who have no clue what just happened and want to call it something cute.
- a word used to convince the ignorant masses that there is a mysterious conspiracy happening.
- the fastest way to make someone who works in the software development industry cringe like fingernails on the chalkboard.
Poll Worker: Someone kicked the power cable to the electronic voting machine and it stopped working.

Reporter: Today's polling has been plagued by glitches. Prompting further calls for a full federal investigation of voting irregularities.
by Apa000 October 3, 2007
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glitch out

to be so freaked out or panicked that you can't come up with anything coherent to say, and so say a lot of random syllables.
"eh- kre- s- du- damn it, I'm glitching out!"
by Ginevra January 12, 2005
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