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Dutch
Etymology
Referring to the message "tilt" (borrowed from English tilt) displayed on pinball machines when the machine was handled too roughly, causing the mechanism to shut down.
Adverb
op tilt
- gone haywire (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
Precies toen ik een belangrijke email moest sturen, is mijn computer op tilt geslagen.- Exactly when I had to send an important email, my computer went haywire.
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