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I thought it's corporate America jargon

• caseyohara 2y ago
  Technologists seem to have a special proclivity for linguistic nominalization (functional transformation of a verb or adjective into a noun). Examples: build, patch, commit, deploy, sync, mock, update, upgrade, deliverable, standup, kickoff, resolve, retry. There are probably many more.
  • smcin 2y ago
    'verbing a noun' Also there's a stylistic difference between coining something new and necessary e.g. 'mock','patch', vs. creating something faddish and unnecessary e.g. 'an ask'.