Engineering Jargon

Ran across this list and thought I'd share it. Some I use frequently. I am sure there are more.

Engineering terms and their meaning...

Dynamic Reallocation of Assets: Stole a part to make something else work

Brave Extrapolation: Guessing

Static Endurance Testing: Put it on the shelf and forgot about it.

High Value Preventative Maintenance Purchase: Bought the expensive wrong one and they won’t take it back

Trajectory Accuracy Verification: Tossed in the bin and missed

Random Electrical Ingress Testing: Spilled my coffee on it

Kinetic Disassembly: It blew up

Spontaneous Kinetic Disassembly: It blew up when it wasn’t supposed to.

Kinetic Relocation: Flung way the hell over there

Thermal Shock: It burned

Thermally Reconfigured: It melted

Organic Grounding: Someone got electrocuted.

Percussive Maintenance: Hit it and it started working

Rapid Oxidation Event: Catching on fire

Audible Delta P Event: Something exploded