Well, I don't know what you call it, but there's a machine here that showed some pictures until it went on the blink.
It came down to the difference between a prison cell and a good life in which one occasionally gets angry about the refrigerator that keeps going on the blink.
Every day somewhere on the underground system the signalling goes on the blink and millions of gallons of water seep into the tunnels.
What if someone is not identified with the card that he presents, or the computer goes on the blink?
Transportation and roads are important, and we need a power supply which does not fluctuate, causing computers to go on the blink once or twice a day.
Alarms are sounded, police are called and suddenly the electrics go on the blink.
