Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glitch in the matrix

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: glitch in the -ma-trix
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extremely bizarre event that seems to be only explainable by a glitch in the fabric of reality.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Some people linked to other Reddit threads about photos of time travel 'proof' or 'glitches in the matrix'."
"Over the years I have invested an inordinate amount of time obsessing over the glitch in the matrix that delivered us this weirdly named man (born Greg Pead) and then took him away so suddenly."
"But Wilson does magic with his staggering archive of street footage, all full of details that, if you encountered them yourself, you'd ponder for days: peculiar behaviors, dreamlike coincidences, strange omens and general "glitches in the Matrix," as he puts it."
"Jessica, based in Long Island, New York, has been receiving 50 to 100 emails per week of people sharing their 'glitch in the matrix' stories."

Etymology

Referencing the Matrix series of movies (1999–), in which humanity is imprisoned in a lifelike simulation of reality while machines have taken control of the "real" world. When the simulation in the movies malfunctions, unexplainable events happen. For example, in The Animatrix, there is a glitched house where gravity does not work consistently and rainfall is observed indoors.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

glitches in the Matrix (plural)

Phrases

simulation hypothesis

Frequently Paired Words

simulation hypothesis

Questions

What does glitch in the matrix mean?: An extremely bizarre event that seems to be only explainable by a glitch in the fabric of reality.
Where does glitch in the matrix come from?: Referencing the Matrix series of movies (1999–), in which humanity is imprisoned in a lifelike simulation of reality while machines have taken control of the "real" world. When the simulation in the movies malfunctions, unexplainable events happen. For example, in The Animatrix, there is a glitched house where gravity does not work consistently and rainfall is observed indoors.

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