G is for Glitch
G is for Glitch, from the German 'glitschen' or the Yiddish 'glitshn', meaning to slip or slide. I use it a lot at work when people come in and tell me that the tracking says their package is available to collect, when in fact it has been sent back out for delivery. I am guessing it is a word that came about solely because of the existence of computers; did life used to have glitches? I'm not sure it did.
Glitch is a very useful word, I find.
ReplyDeleteYou’re right, I don’t remember it being used before computers, either. But today, the word “glitch” is ubiquitous!
ReplyDeleteIt's actually useful for those errors that cannot be explain.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day.