On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <sur...@hserus.net>wrote:
> Yes - but a lot of the words bandied around in this thread are from either > finance or IT architecture, where they do have specific meanings and a > consistent usage > > I won't deny that jargon can get overused by people who don't quite get > what the words actually mean > > When you take word from a different industry and force-fit it to, say IT or finance, it gets crazy. By themselves, I am sure most of the words are quite sensible. But we, humans as a whole and specifically IT/Finance professionals, have taken really good words and have now made them outcasts. When I was a kid, gay meant carelessly happy. I cannot tell my 7 year old what it means now. Rather, I don't know how to. --Venkat
