A few years ago, I wrote a parser for some data in a loosely structured format. Its input was a google doc and its output was html, ready for copy+pasting into

A few years ago, I wrote a parser for some data in a loosely structured format. Its input was a google doc and its output was html, ready for copy+pasting into our CMS. The writers who produced the input took to calling it a 'robot' and the term stuck. As the sole 'technical' person in the company, I just had to suck it up and accept this horrendous misuse of the term. Unfortunately, it's not the only instance of this kind of thing; if you're a programmer working in a team consisting solely of non-programmers, you end up developing a pretty thick skin for all sorts of stuff, of which iceberg, language misuse is just the tip!