German

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A cracked smartphone screen showing cobweb-like cracks

Etymology

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English spider +‎ App

Noun

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Spider-App f (genitive Spider-App, plural Spider-Apps)

  1. (humorous, colloquial) a hypothetical app that causes the screen to display a cobweb-like crack pattern
    Spider-App entfernen: Reparatur am iPhone und Android-GerätRemove Spider-Apps: Repair of iPhone and Android devices
    • 2021 June 14, Julia Lloyd, Anna-Lena Eißler, Annie Waye, Johanna T. Hellmich, Yvonne Quasdorf, Von verbannten Seelen und gefallenen Engeln[1], BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 127:
      Ich hob mein Handy auf, auf dem die neuste Version der Spider-App installiert worden war.
      I picked up my phone on which the newest version of the spider app had been installed.

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