Ctrl+Z

Phrase · Slang & Abbreviations

Definitions

  1. The common keyboard shortcut for undo, often used figuratively to mean wishing a mistake, deploy, or message could be instantly reversed. In engineering chat it often appears after someone ships something regrettable.

    In plain English: Undo, or the wish that a mistake could be undone immediately.

    Example: "We need a production-grade Ctrl+Z for schema migrations."

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