Bug or glitch
Which is correct?
My phone is bugging out. (Not working properly and slow)
My phone is glitching out.
thanks
Top answer
anonymous My phone is bugging out. You might think this would work because of the noun "bug", a defect in a device, but no. "To bug out" already has a different meaning, to leave precipitately.
- anonymous My phone is bugging out.
- You might think this would work because of the noun "bug", a defect in a device, but no.
- "To bug out" already has a different meaning, to leave precipitately.
- anonymous My phone is glitching out.
- That seems OK as a nonce word if you mean it malfuntions intermittently, but it is not a usual expression with "out" like "freak out" or flip out".
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anonymousMy phone is bugging out.
You might think this would work because of the noun "bug", a defect in a device, but no. "To bug out" already has a different meaning, to leave precipitately.
anonymousMy phone is glitching out.
That seems OK as a nonce word if you mean it malfuntions intermittently, but it is not
0Neither of your suggestions are familiar in the UK.
anonymous(Not working properly and slow)
This would be a much simpler and clearer choice of words.
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