Something went wrong

A phrase that is commonly found in shitty error messages that are completely vague, dismissive, and do not have any information and details on why and how an error has occurred and what the user should do to fix it, which leaves the user confused and not knowing how they can fix the error. It is usually either followed by the phrase "try again" or accompanied by the word "oops," "uh oh," or "sorry." If you regularly go surfing on the Web or scrolling through social media, chances are, you probably have come across at least one generic error message with that phrase.

In the context of error messages, the phrase "something went wrong" has been known to piss off a lot of people, especially the users on the Internet. This is perfectly understandable, considering that when one runs into an error message containing the phrase, the two scenarios that will most likely happen are the following:

1. They try to do something over, over, and OVER again, but the error still occurs. Feeling that they can't do anything about the error, they go from feeling disappointed, being overwhelmed, to feeling overly frustrated that they are more likely to go batshit crazy and bashing their phone or computer.

2. They just feel annoyed, say "UGH!", try to calm down and forget about the error, and simply move on.

EXAMPLE #1:
Person: *tries to download a 30GB game*

Person:"C'mon, hurry up..."
Computer: "Oops, something went wrong. Please try again."
Person: AGAIN? FOR THE 27TH TIME? FUUUUUUUCCCCKKKK OFFFFF!!!

*SMASHES COMPUTER VIOLENTLY WITH A HAMMER*

EXAMPLE #2:
Incompetent Employee: "Hello, this is the COMPANY NAME Customer Service. How may we help you?"
Customer: "So recently the app has been crashing a lot every time I try to launch it. I always get this message that says 'something went wrong please try again' and blah blah blah..."
Incompetent Employee: "Well, the best suggestion we can provide for you to solve this issue is... to just try relaunching the app again :)"
Customer: "...What?"
Incompetent Employee: "Try relaunching the app again and see if the problem is fixed."
Customer: "How the hell am I gonna fix the error?! I've already relaunched SIXTEEN time-"
System: "Sorry, something went wrong during the call. Please try again, and If the problem persi-"
Customer: "Goddamnit."

by NamelessSomebody December 14, 2023

my left stroke just went viral

Something Kendrick Lamar says in his song Humble.

If I quit this season, I still be the greatest, funk...
My left stroke just went viral
Right stroke put lil' baby in a spiral...

by isuukkk_kkk March 8, 2019

George went

A tall white male with a great shlong and carpet munching abilities

I'm in the mood for a George Went

by Apreggyprettylady May 30, 2018

assholedier went to see

A crude song that only works with a London accent that is an excuse to swear.

Asshole asshole, assholedier went to see, (sea) two posts, two posts, two pistols on his knee, fuck your, fuck your for curiosity, fight for the queens cunt fight for the queens fun fight for the queens country.

by The Cold Emperor May 30, 2018

Mom went out for a gallon of milk

The female version of “Dad went out for cigarettes”, where the mom goes out and abandons the kid under the pretense of buying milk.

Mom went out for a gallon of milk and never came back.

by ozzygcoverdale May 1, 2022

where dad went

Dad went away on a long and hard journey to get this magical substance, its called milk and hes been trying to get is for 8 months now

where dad went is not for discussion lets just say he went for the milk

by urboredinschool May 24, 2022

Just went nando’s

Sentence when you take a girl out to Nando’s who you want to smash there back doors in

no no we only just went Nando’s

by JackingD December 27, 2021