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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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all the blood went to the wrong places

a man’s penis becomes erect when he didn’t want it to
he had to leave before anyone saw. all the blood went to the wrong places
by pinkyoshi420 June 12, 2022
mugGet the all the blood went to the wrong placesmug.

Hangin' out with the wrong people

Lame excuse often used to rationalize why somebody's life went in a bad direction
Hangin' out with the wrong people, my ass! You ARE the "wrong people", fool. Wise the hell up!
by thurb April 25, 2021
mugGet the Hangin' out with the wrong peoplemug.
This is what you would say when Eren Yeager from Attack on Titan does something gay with you but he had socks on. This is usually when you assume the role of Armin Arlert from Attack on Titan.
“Eren what the hell is wrong with you?! Of course it still counts even if you did it with your socks on!”
by frankenen February 24, 2024
mugGet the “Eren what the hell is wrong with you?! Of course it still counts even if you did it with your socks on!”mug.

wrong reputation

When someone's reputation is unjust and incorrect.
Because of her wrong reputation, some people thought she was out to insult or hurt others.
by jesus lives within April 20, 2013
mugGet the wrong reputationmug.

Wrong person

1) In a safer environment, someone who will go tell the boss on you so that they can get you in trouble 2) In a more dangerous environment, someone who will get physically violent with you
1) The other day, she vented to the wrong person. Now she’s in trouble and might get fired.

2) He thinks he can talk to everybody however he wants, but one day he’s going to piss off the wrong person.
by SiL3Nt J September 22, 2023
mugGet the Wrong personmug.

Met Air Wrong

The precise Irish National Meteorological Service
According to Met Air Wrong It will be very sunny unless it rains
by Neady June 3, 2022
mugGet the Met Air Wrongmug.

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