[JohnFen]

> Eager isn't an especially uncommon word

I'd say it's very common, at least in my part of the US. It's one of the words I hear on a daily basis, anyway.

"Delve" used to be a very commonly used term before "deep dive" largely replaced it. I'm sure there are a whole lot of writings online that use "delve" because of the time period they were produced in.

As a graybeard, I'm personally still much more likely to say "delve" than "deep dive".

[inanutshellus]

I think niche words like "delve" get replaced by phrases like "deep dive" to accommodate ESLs, especially in big business and software development. "Delve" is the word to use, of course, but if you're going to lose (or annoy/insult) your ESL audience by using fancy words, maybe just being accommodating has value.

[jolt42]

Seems like "chef's kiss" is replacing "icing on the cake" or "cherry on top", although I think it really means "stamp of approval", so that one has been bugging me since I hear it all the time now, it seems.

[1attice]

As a former academic in tech I'm tickled that you think 'a deep dive' is normative while 'to delve' strikes your ear as strange.

No judgment! I'm delighted, however, that language is so supple ("leverages domain-local synergies")

[solardev]

Probably a generational thing?

[1attice]

OP cited youtube as 'delve'ers, which skews young, so I'm guessing it's that your cognitive 'ear' is tuned to the technosphere

[vundercind]

All of that’s way more common in (American) business English than other registers, I’d say, including “eager”.