mutepanic
/ˈmjuːt ˈpænɪk/nounVerified NewAlso in: Stummpanik (Deutsch) · silencipánico (Español) · sourdpanique (Français)
The scramble that follows discovering you were unmuted mid-sentence while saying something private.
The mutepanic begins with a colleague's face changing and ends with a hasty click and an apology nobody believes. The phone call to the wife happens in the corridor afterward. The button was right there; the panic was faster.
Etym. — mute + panic — the scramble when the microphone betrays you.
Rel. — muteandchew
Novelty check: APPROVE
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