> I have seen some common phrases so many times on here: “table stakes”, “orthogonal” and “dark patterns” are examples. That is the nature of language. When a

> I have seen some common phrases so many times on here: “table stakes”, “orthogonal” and “dark patterns” are examples. That is the nature of language. When a specific term has been established to describe a specific thing (noun, phenomena, etc), it enters the lexicon, so to speak. It's how we, as English speakers, can understand each other when we say 'feet off the couch' and 'food on the table', whereas table, feet, food and couch are all now specific things described by specific terms. The 'dark patterns' one is new to me, too. We're witnessing new words/terms being created that likely will be normal to everyone 10 years down the line. Enjoy the moment. (Edit: Upon looking up 'dark patterns', I see that it was coined about 10 years ago. So now that means we're seeing the coined term gaining prominence. Neat.)