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by JohnFen 1047 days ago
No, it predates Google by at least several decades. But in the Olden Times, these were usually in engineering companies, and came from the employees themselves. Engineers having a laugh, and making a bit of fun of their employer.

At some point, though, some companies started adopting such language in official communications. In my opinion, that's when it becomes cringe.