Honest definitions from work and life

  • Scope creep

    noun

    The treachery committed by the creeps from the product and the management team with relentless "just one more thing" additions to your well-planned Agile project to turn it into a Lord of The Rings trilogy.

    Disgruntled Project Manager: "Yesterday, our plan was to build an expense tracking feature. Today, it’s evolved into predicting the future of global markets. Who knows, tomorrow we might be tackling time travel! Scope creep needs to stop!"

    karthik on July 27, 2024

  • Agile

    adjective

    A sacred cult ritual created and followed by software engineers and professionals where they practice changing their minds about everything every two weeks, convincing product managers, spouses, deities, and even the devil himself that it's all part of a grand master plan and not utter chaos.

    Terry: "Why do you cry often?"
    Jimmy: "Our team was using Agile."
    Terry: "You stopped being Agile now?"
    Jimmy (breaking down in tears): "No, we're scaled Agile now!"

    karthik on July 27, 2024

  • Dictionary

    noun

    A glorified book that explains the meaning of a word using another word that you have to look up in the same book.

    Ken: "I tried understanding the word 'aggrieved' in the dictionary."
    Sarah: "Did it help?"
    Ken: "It said 'aggrieved: see indignant.' So, I looked up 'indignant,' and it said 'to be aggrieved'.
    Sarah: "So, are you aggrieved or indignant now?"

    karthik on July 26, 2024

  • Anchor

    noun

    A journalist who reads the news, asks the questions, and occasionally confuses being loud with being right.

    scomberry on July 21, 2025

  • Null and void

    noun

    The legal equivalent of ghosting a contract or saying 'that thing legally never happened'.

    Judge: “This contract was signed with a crayon while you were drunk?”
    Dave: “Yes, Your Honor.”
    Judge: “Yeah no. This is null and void. Throw it in the shredder.”

    slysky on June 10, 2025