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ahmadove t1_jc3txsm wrote

If you're in STEM academia, it's quite common.

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chemisealareinebow t1_jc407n6 wrote

I'm not in STEM, i'm in ... STEM-adjacent humanities, and I hear it all the time. Read it all the time. My lecturers use it, other students use it, papers use it, I'm pretty sure I used it today ... is this a regional thing or am I just moving in extremely specific circles?

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dimesian t1_jc4bsmi wrote

Some have a word I think they like the sound of and use it were it makes no sense, like "ostensibly".

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jsnxander t1_jc4nukc wrote

I use it all the time in emails at work! I tend to write either in either bro' talk or very proper English.

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Wipedout89 t1_jc4q9dr wrote

Flashback to the time I used it in school and the teacher red circled it like I made it up :(

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Mysterious_hooligan t1_jc4was6 wrote

when they haven't used words like resolving , warm , detail retrieval, and other bullshit that they say without knowing what it means

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BlunterCarcass5 t1_jc4wzht wrote

I swear audiophile reviewers just want to pretend they're smart by using as many fancy but practically meaningless words they can find

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Own_Cartoonist266 t1_jc54x6i wrote

It’s like car reviewers and the word “aplomb”

They can’t help themselves

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Overall_Falcon_8526 t1_jc5g3uw wrote

The technicalities of this headphone were fast and spacious. Powerful amplification opened up the bass and gave it more stopping power. Energy in the "air" frequency range was copious, albeit some slight sibilance could be heard on female vocals.

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WarHead75 t1_jc75smj wrote

Timbre is the texture of the notes/sound, often used to describe whether the sound is natural/organic sounding as comparable to real life or ethereal like the “BA timbre”, “Metallic”, “Plastickyness”.

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jsnxander t1_jc7f89e wrote

Oh I've done that using the accursed "Reply All". Not pretty but at least I wasn't fired! President of the company made brutal fun of me at staff though. Ah the good old days when you could insult the hell of of your co-workers lineage, race and religion and still get invited to the family BBQ! I miss those days...

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Shirubax t1_jc8fbfg wrote

Early in my work career I decided it would be okay to write an email to my girlfriend using my work email. Since I was at work, I got interrupted multiple times, and I ended up accidentally sending the email to my boss instead of my girlfriend.

I didn't realize my mistake until he replied to the email with "I love you too"

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