[fastglass]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoch%C3%A9

has this word ever cropped up in the workplace/culture?

[asymptosis]

+1 to you because I hadn't come across this concept before and it seems like a useful thing to have in the back of my mind.

[Tabular-Iceberg]

Could you perhaps give a layman’s tl;dr? The article looks like it requires a lot of background knowledge.