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malfunction

[mal-fuhngk-shuhn] / mælˈfʌŋk ʃən /


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Gawker published an article titled “Lip-Sync Malfunction Forces Katy Perry to Use Her Own Voice to Sing” after a backing track mishap, while Taylor Swift’s shaky 2010 Grammys performance with Stevie Nicks drew scathing reviews.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2017

Q. Re: Wardrobe Malfunction: I think it would have been OK to say something.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2015

The 12th Man always has been located in one place – Malfunction Junction.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2014

Malfunction on International Space Station may require spacewalk.

From Scientific American • Dec. 15, 2013

Malfunction is doing the right things wrong, something that Peter Drucker argued is quite fixable.

From Forbes • Sep. 16, 2013




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