Orthogonal's a useful word, and I hadn't noticed it as a trend; have been using it when appropriate for years. It draws an analogy to linear algebra, and the sc

Orthogonal's a useful word, and I hadn't noticed it as a trend; have been using it when appropriate for years. It draws an analogy to linear algebra, and the sciences that use it. "Dark patterns" caught my attention - have seen it here many times over the past 2 months, but have yet to see it anywhere else, or even here before recently. It's a general term used to describe a specific thing.