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by theandrewbailey 7 days ago
For me, its "learnings" and "performant". We've had "lessons" and "fast"; what do those words not capture?
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If you're not an English speaker, it's even more aggravating when speakers of your language replace common words with English ones to sound more sophisticated/corporate. So instead of using the native word for "knowledge", they'd use "know-how". (Of course using more common words like "knowledge" or "skill" are not good enough, you need something that sounds more sophisticated to the foreign ear, like "know-how".)
It's shibboleths. It signals they're part of the in-group.
performant is more loaded than 'fast'