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The "capable" weasel word is pretty deceptive. But the sad thing is that these weasel word are becoming just common and standard enough that I, someone who sort
by joe_the_user 5y ago
The "capable" weasel word is pretty deceptive. But the sad thing is that these weasel word are becoming just common and standard enough that I, someone who sort of studies this stuff, can understand them and warn friends that "X capable" mean less than X. And that situation gives the marketers some amount of push back - "see everyone knows X capable isn't X".