technical difficulties
Equipment failure issues
Technical difficulties are equipment malfunctions or system failures that disrupt a broadcast, presentation, or event.
The phrase often appears as an announcement: We're experiencing technical difficulties; please stand by.
It can serve as a convenient excuse for any unexplained interruption or delay, whether genuinely technical or not.
- video lagDelayed visual transmission
- blackoutComplete power loss
- outageLoss of electrical service
- malfunctionFailure to operate properly
- glitchMinor system fault
please stand by · bugs · problems · breakdown · signal interference · connection lost · interruption · communication breakdown · defects · failure · system crash · blue screen · faults · logistical issues · error · complications · engineering flaws · misinformation
- video callsvideo call, video chat, mute, video conferencing, Zoom
- signal problemsbad connection, dead zone, dead zones, dropped calls, no signal
- brokenbroken, busted, broken down, out of order, not working
- communication failsmisunderstanding, autocorrect fail, typo, wrong number, reply all
- outagespower outage, outage, blackout, brownout, total blackout
- TV lingoon air, off air, showrunner, cliffhanger, cue
technical difficultiessmooth sailing
Untroubled progress forward
working order · up and running · all systems go · peak performance · business as usual
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