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noun
An extremely bizarre event that seems to be only explainable by a glitch in the fabric of reality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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History
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.
