Whoopsie wave describes the situation when you wave to someone you know and another person intercepts¹ your wave mistakenly as if you are waving to them, e.g. caught in the crossfire² of your wave.

“被误会的招手”指你跟你认识的人招手时，另外一个人误以为你是在跟他招手，就好像这人被你们的交互招手给误伤了。

 

For example:

I was waving to Eddy³ at the show and Phil thought I was waving to him. Awkward... Phil waved back to me as he was caught in a whoopsie wave. It's almost as bad as when Jim invited me to lunch, thinking I was Tony because his phone contacts were screwed up resulting in Jim texting me with an invite.

我在秀场跟艾迪招手呢，结果菲尔以为我在跟他招手。好尴尬......菲尔还给我招手呢，他真是误会了。跟着差不多一样尴尬的一件事是，吉姆邀请我一起吃午餐，他以为我是托尼，因为他的手机通讯录秀逗了，他给托尼的短信却发到了我手机里。

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