When you carbon copy (CC) someone in an email (or other messaging medium) without their permission, where there may be a reason for the person to resent being included; for example if the content of the message is controversial.
Secretary: "Hey, you cold linked me in that message to the boss - why drag me into it?"
Office Worker: "The boss said to tell you you're fired."
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Verb. Informal. Simple past tense of error.
Usually related to computer software. If software can error it will error, most often in the hands of the user.
Common corruption of the noun: error.
"If I click here, the software errors..." Roger clicks the button. "See? It's errored."
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