[rekahrv]

Yes, that's a great point. Some names are generally unclear, but more often, they are unclear in a context. Do you have some "contextual" examples?

[hitchstory]

The worst was "leading indicator". It was used initially to mean inputs to a machine learning model, but it organically spread to refer to almost any form of data at any point in the ML pipeline.

[rekahrv]

That's an interesting example. Also, the same pattern has happened to other terms as well: 1. At first, a quite specific meaning. 2. As time goes on, the same term gets used for more & more things.