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Ask HN: What are some words that you learned on Hacker News?

16 pointsby neilyioabout 1 year ago
I'll start. "Orthogonal".

17 comments

LinuxBenderabout 1 year ago
&quot;bollard&quot; [1] - I always called them steel poles with concrete inside, buried in the ground. Someone here corrected me and I learned something. Adding to that I never associated them with the more artistic versions as I assumed those were weaker or just for looks.<p>[1] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bollard" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bollard</a>
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krappabout 1 year ago
Surprised no one has mentioned &quot;thither&quot; as often as dang uses it.<p>Haven&#x27;t seen &quot;yon&quot; yet.
replwoacauseabout 1 year ago
“Your pricing is too high” and I learned them in that order too
mtmailabout 1 year ago
moat
fragmedeabout 1 year ago
confabulate - what LLMs do
atleastoptimalabout 1 year ago
grok
austin-cheneyabout 1 year ago
Counter-intuitive
defrostabout 1 year ago
to viscerally delve into psephology .. !an AI
gaddersabout 1 year ago
That &quot;nonce&quot; has another meaning relating to cryptography.
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fuzztesterabout 1 year ago
&quot;conflating&quot; is one that I did not know of earlier.<p>&quot;drunk the kool-aid&quot; is another, though a phrase, not a word.<p>&quot;cromulent&quot; is another
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silbabout 1 year ago
bifurcate
tomcamabout 1 year ago
TFA (the fucking article)
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nachox999about 1 year ago
wastimbolo
piotrkeabout 1 year ago
&#x27;churn&#x27; and &#x27;churn rate&#x27;
perilunarabout 1 year ago
&quot;heteroscedasticity&quot;
nicbouabout 1 year ago
“Order of magnitude”
sturzaabout 1 year ago
enshitification