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
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