Potter Error

The sometimes-to-often fatal mistake of using your firearm instead of your taser and vice versa

originates from the last name of the Officer who shot Daunte Wright

As president, I will make sure the DHS trains every Officer within the Nation to make sure that another Potter Error doesnt happen again.

by ErPhox05 August 2, 2025

run time error

When something doesn't go your way; you f'd up a task; forgetting to drop a job.

"DERN, Internet Explorer is not working...I just got a run time error"

Made up by PMS affiliates!

by rjf February 5, 2008

Press-On Nail Error

A clerical mistake, or "typo," that results from the operator wearing artificial fingernails, or press-on nails.

My Medicaid reimbursement payments were inaccurate due to numerous press-on nail errors.

by DC Dawg February 3, 2012

trial and error questions

The most annoying, stupid, evil, most cruel math questions created by a demon in hell to make you need to guess and guess and guess again and takes up all of your time when you could solve other math problems.

Those polynomial trial and error questions are soooo wickedly vile and they need to cease existing.

by CrazyB0Z0 May 15, 2019

Clear Caps Error

When Someone blunders there order of caps in a sentence like putting a caps at the start of a sentence but not on the name of a person

"Yo james"

"OMG can you believe she made a Clear Caps Error"

"Clearly you shouldn't have made a CCE and instead said "Yo James" "

by THORA HOLDEN December 22, 2022

a communication error has occurred

when the nintendo game your playing has bad online netcode. you'll see this message pop up alot

*plays a nintendo game, probably smash bros or splatoon, idk*
*internet goes shiet*
nintendo: "a communication error has occurred."

by koiyune June 7, 2024

Don Quijote earworm

Named after a Japanese retail store known for its jingle titled "Miracle Shopping", this slang term refers to the earworm cause by hearing the in-store jingle on loop for hours on end. This slang tem is derived from the "Don Quijote phenomenon", which refers to retail stores like Yodobashi Camera or Bic Camera using jingles to entice consumers, encouraging them to spend more money there. Please note that the "Don Quijote phenomenon", while uncommon in the West, is also commonly shown in Indonesia where retail stores like Giant, Indomaret, and Alfamart also have their own jingles.

After spending two hours in Don Quijote, I left with a bag full of snacks and that jingle stuck in my head—definitely suffering from a serious Don Quijote earworm!

by Emotional Cruiser January 3, 2026