Haywire

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Haywire is a slang term used on the internet to describe something that is going completely out of control or unpredictable. It refers to a situation or thing that is not functioning as expected and is chaotic or disorderly.

Examples:
I can’t believe how quickly my computer went haywire after installing that new software. It started freezing, crashing, and even deleting files on its own.
– The traffic on the website went haywire when the new product was released, causing the servers to crash, and customers couldn’t make any purchases.

Here are some additional ways to use the term ‘haywire’:

My phone’s battery went haywire and started draining power rapidly.
The classroom went haywire when the teacher announced there would be no homework.
The party got completely haywire after someone spilled a drink on the DJ’s equipment.
The weather forecast went haywire, and it unexpectedly started pouring when the sun was shining.

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