What Could Go Wrong

Phrase · Slang & Abbreviations

Definitions

  1. A sarcastic phrase said before a risky action, usually when the speaker knows many things could in fact go wrong. It is common in deploys, demos, and questionable shell commands.

    In plain English: A sarcastic way to acknowledge that a plan is risky.

    Example: "I'm editing production Nginx config live over SSH, what could go wrong."

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