gremlin• Is there a gremlin outside, chewing on the wing of the plane?• Although both services have been dogged by Internetgremlins, IF.com has yet to launch on the Web.• Let's just say that there were rather too many technicalgremlins around.• These things happen to the most confident of videousers and the gremlins always seem to choose their moment with great care.• The gremlins have been at work again!• I work for this gremlin named Spider.• More recently, stories have circulated that mechanical or electricalfaults in factories are due to gremlins taking over the working of machines.• You're absolutely right Stephen, the formula should be W - gremlins in the computer again!
Origingremlin
(1900-2000) Perhaps from Irish Gaelicgruaimin“angry little man”; influenced by goblin