Must bea networkissue.Is it HL7or astandardflat file?I haven’ttouched thatmodule inweeks!THIS can’tbe thesource ofTHAT!Did youlog aYammer?PECAThat’sweird…How isthatpossible?There issomethingfunky inyour data.Isn’t thatIT’s job?When canI get thatquote forthe client?Somebodymust havechangedmy code.It workedyesterday.I didn’tchangeanything,must bemagic.What isthePN?Whatversionare youon?Do you haveascreenshot?Has theclientvalidatedtheir data?It’s neverdon’t thatbefore.Who’sassignedto that?It’s justsomeunluckycoincidence.I can’t testeverything!Are therespecs forthat?Why doyou wantto do itthat way?Did youcheck for avirus on yoursystem?Must be adatabaseissue.That’snot inscope.What did youtype inwrong to getit to crash?It workedin non-prod.Maxbuffersize =infinityI’ll bring itto officehours.Thatdomain istoo old.It must beahardwareproblem.Where wereyou whenthe programblew up?It works, butit hasn’tbeen tested.Let’sgetstarted.You musthave thewrongversion.You can’tuse thatversion onyour system.It workson mymachine.Doesanyone needwork?{audiencelaughs}Must bea networkissue.Is it HL7or astandardflat file?I haven’ttouched thatmodule inweeks!THIS can’tbe thesource ofTHAT!Did youlog aYammer?PECAThat’sweird…How isthatpossible?There issomethingfunky inyour data.Isn’t thatIT’s job?When canI get thatquote forthe client?Somebodymust havechangedmy code.It workedyesterday.I didn’tchangeanything,must bemagic.What isthePN?Whatversionare youon?Do you haveascreenshot?Has theclientvalidatedtheir data?It’s neverdon’t thatbefore.Who’sassignedto that?It’s justsomeunluckycoincidence.I can’t testeverything!Are therespecs forthat?Why doyou wantto do itthat way?Did youcheck for avirus on yoursystem?Must be adatabaseissue.That’snot inscope.What did youtype inwrong to getit to crash?It workedin non-prod.Maxbuffersize =infinityI’ll bring itto officehours.Thatdomain istoo old.It must beahardwareproblem.Where wereyou whenthe programblew up?It works, butit hasn’tbeen tested.Let’sgetstarted.You musthave thewrongversion.You can’tuse thatversion onyour system.It workson mymachine.Doesanyone needwork?{audiencelaughs}

Software Engineering Phrases - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Must be a network issue.
  2. Is it HL7 or a standard flat file?
  3. I haven’t touched that module in weeks!
  4. THIS can’t be the source of THAT!
  5. Did you log a Yammer?
  6. PECA
  7. That’s weird…
  8. How is that possible?
  9. There is something funky in your data.
  10. Isn’t that IT’s job?
  11. When can I get that quote for the client?
  12. Somebody must have changed my code.
  13. It worked yesterday.
  14. I didn’t change anything, must be magic.
  15. What is the PN?
  16. What version are you on?
  17. Do you have a screenshot?
  18. Has the client validated their data?
  19. It’s never don’t that before.
  20. Who’s assigned to that?
  21. It’s just some unlucky coincidence.
  22. I can’t test everything!
  23. Are there specs for that?
  24. Why do you want to do it that way?
  25. Did you check for a virus on your system?
  26. Must be a database issue.
  27. That’s not in scope.
  28. What did you type in wrong to get it to crash?
  29. It worked in non-prod.
  30. Maxbuffer size = infinity
  31. I’ll bring it to office hours.
  32. That domain is too old.
  33. It must be a hardware problem.
  34. Where were you when the program blew up?
  35. It works, but it hasn’t been tested.
  36. Let’s get started.
  37. You must have the wrong version.
  38. You can’t use that version on your system.
  39. It works on my machine.
  40. Does anyone need work? {audience laughs}