Yeah, it's an extremely common misuse of the learning curve concept. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_curve#%22Steep_learning_curve%22 https://en.wik

Yeah, it's an extremely common misuse of the learning curve concept. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_curve#%22Steep_learning_curve%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_curve#%22Steep_learni... >Arguably, the common English use is due to metaphorical interpretation of the curve as a hill to climb. (A steeper hill is initially hard, while a gentle slope is less strainful, though sometimes rather tedious. So common, that it's basically become the default interpretation. Kind of like "irregardless". I wonder if there is a name for phrases like this that basically mean the opposite of what the words literally say.