語源はイディッシュ語で、glide、slideと同じ。後に主に宇宙技術の専門用語で使われるglitch、error、glitchから派生。
All you get today is "glitch" wherever splicing occurs. "Glitch" is slang for the "momentary jiggle" that occurs at the editing point if the sync pulses don't match exactly in the splice. [Sponsor, Volume 13, June 20, 1959]