"Technical issue" is a tautology
Accidentally avoidant personality type
If someone offers "having technical issues" as an explanation for some circumstances, it's
informationally equivalent to saying "a reason for this situation exists", which is irrefutably true
for literally every situation, meaning no information was actually conveyed. Anything technical by
definition relates to solving some issue, and every issue by definition exists within some technical domain.
Technical
/ˈtek.nɪ.kəl/Dictionary definitions
Relating to…- … science or industry
- … practical skills and methods that are used in a particular activity
- … machines, systems, etc. or to the practical way in which something works
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… the knowledge…
- … and methods of a particular subject or job
- … used in a particular subject or type of work
- …, machines, or methods used in science and industry
Issue
/ˈɪʃ.uː/ /ˈɪs.juː/Dictionary definitions
a…- … vital or unsettled matter
- … personal or emotional problem
- … matter that is in dispute between two or more parties
- … subject or problem that people think or talk about, or need to deal with
So - hypothetically speaking - if you asked me why I haven't answered your calls for a week, and I said
I had some technical issues
, it's impossible for that statement to have been dishonest, even if the
specific reason for my incommunicado was just excessive napping during business hours.