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an error in a structured system. it is usually applied to electrical and computer systems.
the electrical grid has developed a glitch
a mistake, or bug, usually in a computer program or video game.
dude, did you hear about the glitch in counter-strike 1.6 that lets you shoot your pistol when your shield is up?
seen commonly in the music press:

1. n. a genre of music, sometimes considered a subset of ambient or idm, which focuses on the idea of “errors” as a musical element. the “errors” in question are usually digital; a common element in glitch music is the rhythmic squeaking clicking noise which occurs when you play back a cd which has been badly scratched.

seen less commonly, sort of local slang:

2. adj/adv. something which produces pleasantly confusing and/or unpleasantly disorienting effects akin to those commonly resulting from listening to glitch music.
3. verb. doing something to someone which produces such effects.
1. “oval is probably the most well-known artist in glitch, and his alb-m “systemisch” can be said to define the genre.”
2. “the entire game consists of rolling up random 3d objects into a big wad and then throwing them into the sky. it’s pretty glitch.”
3. “‘i saw being john malkovich this weekend, it totally glitched me.”
a small, often almost indescribable thing … a paperclip … a thinger … a piece of snackfood, for example a dorito chip, which in this case can describe a plate or container of snackfood, especially when in its plural form … glitches … an appetiser.

a very useful thinking word when you cannot remember its name … a what-cha-ma-call-it … a thing-a-ma-bob.
needing a paper clip to secure his printout, john asks his secretary for a glitch.

can you please p-ss me a glitch?

you dropped a glitch on the floor!

would you like some glitches while we’re watching tv? note how descriptive this is of chips or nachos. with nachos you remove a chip (glitch) one glitch at a time. even the cheese on nachos can be refered to as glitch … would you like some extra glitch on your glitches?

shall we go to red robin for glitches? going for appetisers

fluffy left a glitch for you on the floor. referring to a piece of dry catfood brought as a gift or perhaps a piece of dried poo or hairball found about the place.

i’m glitched-out meaning i’ve eaten too many/much … i.e. chips

a glitch for you, a glitch for me referring to sharing and distributing raisinets or other small candy at a movie theatre. popcorn is never properly referred to as glitches, perhaps because of its oily nature.
an inexplicable problem or condition happening in a system.
a glitch in the code gave bob twenty-six free months of aol.
– a software defect.
– a phrase used only by the media and old people who have no clue what just happened and want to call it something cute.
– a word used to convince the ignorant m-sses that there is a mysterious conspiracy happening.
– the fastest way to make someone who works in the software development industry cringe like fingernails on the chalkboard.
poll worker: someone kicked the power cable to the electronic voting machine and it stopped working.

reporter: today’s polling has been plagued by glitches. prompting further calls for a full federal investigation of voting irregularities.
the sound that you hear when stepping in a pile of dog t-rd with your bare foot.
as i was walking across the lawn last night i knew i had to get the water hose when i heard the glitch on my foot.