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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
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Something

When you whip out your dick you wrap one hand around it, then you wrap your other hand around it, and whatever is hanging out the other side, now that's something!
My uncle once asked me if I knew the definition of something. He said that's when you whip out your dick, you wrap one hand around it, then you wrap your other hand around it, and whatever is hanging out the other side, now that's something!
by HandsomeMikeJ December 8, 2022
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Something

Stupid person: What is the opposite of nothing?
Beuegaei: Something you absolute dimwit
by Amogussy25 December 22, 2022
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he did something ghetto for it

When Angel does something sketch and gets free merch
How did you get that foo?... I did something ghetto for it.
How did you get approved PTO at month/year end? You did something ghetto for it huh foo
Defined "He Did something ghetto for it"
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You Must Know Something I Don't

When someone says something outlandish, this is a common response.
Calvin: My head is all swollen, so I'll wrap it in a turban so my parents won't notice!
Hobbes: You must know something I don't.
by MalumLibrum958 January 10, 2023
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I pressed something

What you say when something bad happens between you and technology.
I pressed something. And now this device is not working. . .great.
by Ereck Flowers November 12, 2018
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- Remove someone from doing something
- dismiss someone
- force someone to drop something.
to toss someone off something:
And I don't care who the judge is,
they'll toss the clinic off the case
and your friend Oscar won't get a dime.
by Mrabcdefkad August 22, 2017
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