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Whenever I visit family in the midwest this phenomenon makes me twitch. It seems people out there have taken to using "exponentially" as a pseudo-scientific wo
by pengaru 6y ago
Whenever I visit family in the midwest this phenomenon makes me twitch.
It seems people out there have taken to using "exponentially" as a pseudo-scientific word meaning "a lot". i.e. "you're making my job exponentially more difficult"
Edit: fixed typo :)
- jacobush 6y agoThese phenomena make me twitch.
- ARandomerDude 6y agoIt seems like people out there are using "this phenomena" to mean "this phenomenon." I say this not to be rude, but to note that if we needlessly scrutinize each other's grammar, no one will be happy.
- wwarner 6y agoI'm smiling tho.
- beebmam 6y agoOn the other end of the spectrum, I like when people tell me "you're making my job exponentially more difficult, with a negative exponent" to let me know I'm doing a good job. Math nerds are the best coworkers
- sgillen 6y agoThis bothers me to no end too. But I’ve given up in every trying to fix it, it’s entered the public lexicon, if you want to talk about actual exponential growth you need to be more specific now.
- chasd00 6y agoi literally feel the same way about the current usage of the word "literally" and i mean that in the literal way. :)