“If we have to use actual meaning in word choices, the whole world is going to detonate,” Andersen said, adding, “Or should I say debt-onate?”
Rex Booth, the CISO at identify vendor SailPoint, acknowledges the loss of accuracy in language, but defends its perpetrators.
“Tech phrases that at one point provided sufficient meaning and functionality — the classic definition” can evolve, he said. “Meaning changes over time. There can be this collision between linguistics and technical culture.”
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