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to committing sudoku

to committing sudoku

9.9
To make a silly embarrassing mistake online as a joke
  • idiom
  • Slang
translation icon : cometer un error
  • She realized she had emailed the wrong client and texted her friend, 'Time for me to commit sudoku.'

Examples

  • After mispronouncing the boss's name in front of everyone, he joked about committing sudoku out of embarrassment.

  • I can't believe I just committed sudoku by sending that email!

  • Missing such an easy question on the test felt like committing sudoku to her.

  • Did you really commit sudoku during the presentation?

  • After mispronouncing the boss's name in front of everyone, he joked about committing sudoku out of embarrassment.

  • Missing such an easy question on the test felt like committing sudoku to her.

  • She realized she had emailed the wrong client and texted her friend, 'Time for me to commit sudoku.'

Synonyms

to blunder
vsto committing sudoku
7 4.4

To make a careless mistake by acting or speaking without thinking

is used playfully to exaggerate embarrassment rather than describe literal error
to make a blunder
vsto committing sudoku
1 4.2

Do something that is a serious and embarrassing mistake

is used humorously online to exaggerate embarrassment or failure
to make a boo-boo
vsto committing sudoku
  • Baby Talk
1 8.4

To do something wrong by accident in a small, silly way

is used jokingly to exaggerate big embarrassment rather than a simple childish error
to kena sai
vsto committing sudoku
  • Philippine
9.9

To feel embarrassed after making a mistake in front of other people

is used jokingly online to overstate embarrassment rather than report real shame
to drop a bollock
vsto committing sudoku
  • Offensive
9.9

To make a serious, embarrassing mistake by being careless

is used jokingly to exaggerate embarrassment rather than report a careless error
to make an oopsy
vsto committing sudoku
  • Informal
8.2

To do something small and silly by accident

is usually more dramatic and often means a serious embarrassing failure online

How Serious

to committing sudoku
  • Slang
9.9
to blunder
7 4.4
to mess up
  • Informal
597 2.8
to slip up
  • Informal
27 4.1

Surface Forms

commit infinitive
committing present participle
commits third person singular
committed past
committed past participle

Morphology

commit + sudoku

This phrase is a humorous pun on 'committing seppuku' and relies on cultural/idiomatic wordplay rather than compositional meaning: 'commit' + 'sudoku' (a number puzzle) would literally suggest doing a puzzle, not making a blunder. A B1 learner who knows the constituent words would not predict the joking sense without exposure to the pun or cultural context, so the expression is opaque.

Etymology

Committing sudoku is a joking twist on the serious phrase committing seppuku, where the violent-sounding word is swapped for the number puzzle sudoku, making a silly, surprising picture. So people use committing sudoku to mean 'making a big, embarrassing mistake' in a playful way.