great bit bucket in the sky
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Meaning · English
Synonym of bit bucket (“notional resting place of lost or missing digital information”).
Register: humorous, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
You cannot interrupt it by pressing Esc or Ctrl-Break, and if you use brute force to stop it by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del or by turning off the machine, your data will disappear into the great bit-bucket in the sky. Most other disk packers guard against accidental data loss by keeping a spare copy of a
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “great bit bucket in the sky” mean?
Synonym of bit bucket (“notional resting place of lost or missing digital information”).
Is “great bit bucket in the sky” formal or informal?
great bit bucket in the sky is generally humorous, slang.