glitchy
glitchy Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Prone to or experiencing frequent minor malfunctions, technical errors, or sudden interruptions, especially in electronic hardware or computer software.
"The new software update was so glitchy that the developers had to release an emergency patch the following morning."
Characterized by deliberate digital audio or visual distortion, stuttering, and electronic artifacts as a stylistic element in music or digital art.
"The producer layered glitchy percussion over warm analog synthesizers to give the track a futuristic texture."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the late 20th century from the noun 'glitch' plus the adjective suffix '-y', with 'glitch' itself entering American English in the 1960s from Yiddish 'glitsh' (a slip or lapse), ultimately from Middle High German 'glitschen' (to glide).