Dec 10, 2010 · 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 …

Sep 9, 2016 · 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 …

[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 …

Oct 6, 2019 · 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 …

Dec 19, 2023 · 0 I feel that 'Gotcha' works and is in the parlance of our times. Although adding 'Ha' before 'Gotcha', in my opinion, reduces the impact.

The OED has this usage back to 1849 so it's been around a while. It says that it comes from omitting have and is "colloquial": b. The pa. pple. [past participle] is also used colloq. with …

Aug 6, 2010 · Grammar snobs trying to show off their linguistic rectitude by playing gotcha with an invented rule that never matched educated usage; copy editors slaving away trying to enforce …

Aug 15, 2022 · I don't think it's necessarily helpful to ask for a single word covering such situations, but in context OP might be understood if he used the "nounified" version of a …

Jul 26, 2018 · Compare gotcha! for got you!. Transcribing these with ‹a› for reduced /ə/ and ‹j› and ‹ch› for the affricates is 'eye dialect', an effort to represent ordinary casual speech as …

Jun 30, 2015 · 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.