GREMLIN
|'gremleən'|
noun - informal
an imaginary mischevious sprite regarded as responsible for an unexplained problem or fault, especially a mechanical or electronic one: a gremlin in my computer omitted a line.
• an unexplained problem or fault.
ORIGIN 1940s: perhaps suggested by goblin.
noun - informal
an imaginary mischevious sprite regarded as responsible for an unexplained problem or fault, especially a mechanical or electronic one: a gremlin in my computer omitted a line.
• an unexplained problem or fault.
ORIGIN 1940s: perhaps suggested by goblin.