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Rowbotham error

A term used as an alternative for Parallax Error.

Etymologically, parallax error is the term that you would really want to be attributed to Samuel Rowbotham, who used the pseudonym "Parallax" and have promoted Flat Earth pseudoscience belief. Parallax exists in the word "Parallax error", so it would be so cool if the term originated from him because he has made an "error". But the reality is disappointing, this term doesn't get attributed to him. Therefore, we can replace the Parallax error with the "Rowbotham error".
Teacher: Why the thermometer reading yours is false?

Student A: Oh, I have made a Parallax error.
Student B: Do you mean the Rowbotham error? Either way, but at least you don't miscalculate the diameter of the Flat Earth.
by maxweber27 November 21, 2020
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friday error

The typical error on myspace that mainly occurs on Fridays when your comments don´t make it on your friend´s profile.
I tried to send you a comment, but I got those friday errors all the time.
by Julian Angel June 12, 2007
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Error 405

1. A fuckup so bad it would already be considered 404, but one step higher.
2. (technical) HTTP Status 405: Method Not Allowed, and its like asking the newspaper boy to make a weather buoy at a specific coordinate. He probably wont do it because, well, hes not meant to!
1. My brain just had an Error 405 at the exam today
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error loading 90

She is the best best best nd lastly the best!!!!!if you have her ..then broo you are dammmm luckyyyyy..I swear...
Never ever hurt her...
How are you?error loading 90
As hot as volcano
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pilot error

Why is Susan off work?

Jessica: She’s off work due to pilot error.
by Gert Barr April 5, 2021
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This happens 99.9% percent of the time when you shove a random character off of like, I don’t know, Unicode? Into the urban dictionary.
Me: *Types in ∝*
Urban dictionary: {"error":"An error occurred."}
by idkwhatnametoputhere August 2, 2023
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