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- What does gotcha mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
A "gotcha" can be a pitfall, trap or potential issue in an environment or situation (or a programming language) A common phrase is "are there any gotchas?", asking if their are any potential issues that will catch you out if unaware of their presence
- Is the term gotcha moment familiar? [closed] - slang
Gotcha moment is not the same as eureka moment The gotcha refers to being caught, as in a reporter interviewing a politician and revealing a lie, or a detective grilling a suspect and uncovering that ultimate piece of evidence that will prove his guilt
- What is Gatcha short for? [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
[Gotcha] wiki Gotcha and I gotcha are relaxed pronunciations of "I ['ve] got you", usually referring to an unexpected capture or discovery Gotcha is a common colloquialism meaning to understand or comprehend It is the reduced written form of got you = got + -cha Gotcha can also be spelled as gotchya whereas the related term, getcha, is made by joining the verb and pronoun, get you, with
- What do you call it when somone traps you with a question?
2 I think these best fall under the category of "leading questions" That being said, I don't think there is a word for leading questions with the intent of tricking someone, though "gotcha question" seems to fit your examples well leading question: A question that prompts or encourages the answer wanted
- Is there a word for someone who tends to find faults in others?
Thanks! It pays off to subscribe to word a day email lists And "captious" is easy to remember, as it sounds like "capture", as in GOTCHA
- Alternative phrase for makes sense (used in arguments)
An idea I have for an alternative is 'is consistent' But I'm looking for something that's better I am looking for a succinct answer that implies consistency, and to be used in arguments
- single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I'm looking for a phrase that describes the situation when someone asks a question in a way to elicit an incorrect response For example: Alice: Hey, Bob, have you never done drugs? Bob: Nope! Ali
- What is Oki-doki or Oki-dokie or Okay-dokay
For the same reason you suggested Oki-doki -- it's easier to say than okay-dokay Changing one letter from okay to okey keeps a resemblance with the original -- if ever it should need to be written down, which isn't often
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