Error Messages

noun Acrnym for Blue Screen of Death, a term used to describe a Windows computer error that causes the system to crash and display a blue screen with an error message.

• The computer encountered a Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) error and had to be restarted.
• My laptop just got hit with a BSoD out of nowhere.
• Ugh, I hate it when my PC gives me the BSoD.
• Experiencing a BSoD in life can be a wake-up call to reevaluate things.

noun a humorous term used to describe the error message displayed on the Twitter website when it is overloaded or experiencing technical difficulties

• The company's website crashed, displaying the fail whale due to high traffic.
• I tried to upload a video, but all I got was the fail whale.
• Ugh, I keep getting the fail whale whenever I try to access that site.
• Whenever I try to cook dinner, it always ends up being a fail whale.